A collaboration between First Languages Australia and ABC Open 2014–2015

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jan 28, 2020

How a language transformed a town

By Suzy Taylor for ABC Open, July 4 2012.

The town of Parkes is famous for the annual Elvis Festival and for its role in helping to beam astronauts onto the moon (as seen in the movie ‘The Dish’).

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Waking up to Indigenous culture on national TV

By ABC Open Producer Anthony Scully for ABC Mother Tongue, 10 December 2014.

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Aunty Gloria’s never ending stories

By ABC Open Producer Rachel Lucas for ABC Mother Tongue, 18 March 2015

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Sharing songs for International Mother Language Day

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Dunghutti stories from yesterday

By Emily King for ABC Mother Tongue, 19 Mar 2015

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

The language we speak

By ABC Open Producer Alex Smee for ABC Mother Tongue, 5 Sep 2014.

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Reclaiming the Dhurga language

By ABC Open Producer Vanessa Milton for ABC Mother Tongue, 15 May 2015

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

Sharing stories at Garma Festival

By ABC Open Producer Will Tinapple, for ABC Mother Tongue, 5 Aug 2014.

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

There are four A’s in Ballaarat

By ABC Open Producer Larissa Romensky for ABC Mother Tongue, 7 Feb 2015

First Languages Australia in Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

Jun 25, 2019

The making of “Marumpu Wangka! Kukatja Hand Talk”

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Mother Tongue: Sharing Australia’s first languages

The ABC Open Mother Tongue invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share a story about their language. The project ran from 2014–2015, with stories written by ABC Open Producers with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language workers.

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