Aboriginals of Australia: Revive Dharug Language (fwd link)

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Aboriginals of Australia: Revive Dharug Language

Tuesday, 14 April 2009
United Nations and Peoples Organization

Sidney School is leading efforts to teach extinct Dharugh and recreate a
vibrant, living language.

Below is an article published by: Voice of America

A project at school in Sydney is leading efforts to revive an extinct Aboriginal
language that was lost after European colonization. Chifley College is teaching
Dharug to not only its indigenous students but others from Africa and the
Pacific Islands as well as non-indigenous Australians.

The sounds of a lost language echo across a packed classroom in suburban Sydney
as secondary school students help to revive an ancient part of Australia's
indigenous culture.

Dharug was one of the dominant Aboriginal dialects in the Sydney region when
British settlers arrived in 1788 but became extinct under the weight of
colonization.

Students at Chifley College's Dunheved campus are taught by Richard Green, who
is on a mission to rekindle an ancient language.

Access full article below:
http://www.unpo.org/content/view/9485/77/