<h1 style="margin:0px;font-family:NimbusSanNovCon-Bol,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:42px;line-height:45px;letter-spacing:-1px">Generations of culture <a href="http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/story/1193475/generations-of-culture/?cs=1299#" rel="tooltip" class="icons-favourites-off" style="color:rgb(129,129,129);text-decoration:none;background-image:url(http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/static/1355450126/images/icons-s67304c4cfd.png);height:30px;width:38px;text-indent:100%;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;margin-left:0px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Save</a></h1>
<div class="news-article-byline" style="float:left;color:rgb(129,129,129);font-size:12px">Dec. 18, 2012, midnight</div><div class="news-article-body article-carousel clear" style="clear:both;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<div class="flexslider photogallery-carousel" style="margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;zoom:1;overflow:hidden"><ul class="slides" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;list-style:none;zoom:1"><li style="background-color:rgb(221,221,221)">
<img class="responsive gallery-image" src="http://cdn.fairfaxregional.com.au/preview/c1200x678/storypad-pTj6SGjf6NhXhrfzHzEnUB/07fc9bdf-70ec-4059-8db1-744e814e363b.png" alt="Jason and John Taylor with their certificates." title="Jason and John Taylor with their certificates." style="height: auto; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><p class="flex-caption" style="margin:0px 0px 0em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0);zoom:1;width:538px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left">
<span style="width:441px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 5px">Jason and John Taylor with their certificates.</span></p></li></ul></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">WINGHAM’S John Taylor has shared the unbelievable experience of bringing back to life a language his Biripi ancestors have spoken for thousands of years, with his son Jason.</p>
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</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">John and Jason Taylor were the only father and son to graduate the Gathang language course run through Taree, TAFE.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The pair have always been proud to embrace their indigenous culture so when they learnt about the course, they jumped at the chance to study together.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Jason is studying his teaching degree and is working at Wingham Public School with John who is a member of the teaching support staff.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> “It’s been really great to work in the school with my son as well as studying the language,” he said.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">They will now spread their culture further as they teach the traditional Aboriginal language at a number of schools in Wingham as part of the language curriculum.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/story/1193475/generations-of-culture/?cs=1299">http://www.winghamchronicle.com.au/story/1193475/generations-of-culture/?cs=1299</a></div>
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