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September 2008

Ngurr Ju Miyanpa

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Hi Everyone,

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I’m Paul Herbert and have recently been appointed National Manager for FATSIL. I originally come from Lajamanu in the Northern Territory and have gone from there to Katherine, then Adelaide and now here in Melbourne, within a relatively short time frame. As you can imagine, I’m already missing the bush and the pleasure of being able to safely walk around barefoot.

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Marni Naa Bundi

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We are continuing to lobby government for better support of our Indigenous languages. A recent document about our policy focus outlined a number of key ideas.

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We are looking forward to a busy and exciting year here at the Federation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (FATSIL).  In 2008 we will be focussed on consulting with community and language centres to develop a positive and inclusive process for national advocacy and policy development.
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Minhe nyana!

 

 

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Welcome to our new, revitalised edition of FATSIL’s quarterly magazine, ‘Voice of the Land’!  Please continue to write and speak to us. Combining your experiences with more personal stories, in and about language, we hope to share the passion and excitement that we feel about Indigenous languages in this country.  Language is culture, and culture is language. It sounds obvious, but language really is the glue that connects us together. It is how we relate to the world and to each other. It encompasses gesture, facial expression, body movement, artistic expression, and sound, as well as the spoken word.  Of the 250 languages used across pre-colonial Australia only 145 survive, of which only 18 are actively spoken by multiple generations of a community (the measure which defines a ‘healthy’ language group).

It is something special to speak an Indigenous language in this country and we hope that the colour and space of the new format reflects this.  FATSIL is pleased to welcome our new editor, Chris Patterson, and looks forward to working with himas we continue to enhance and enliven Voice of the Land. We would also like to thank our previous editor, Faith Baisden, and wish her all the best in her future work.

John ‘Sandy’ Atkinson,
Bangerang Elder
FATSIL Vice Chairperson.

John
John 'Sandy' Atkinson

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