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Aboriginal tongue engages young </h1><div class="" style="float:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(129,129,129);font-size:12px;line-height:24px"><h2 class="" style="margin:0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:20px;font-size:12px;float:left;padding-left:0px;padding-right:10px">
By <cite style="font-style:normal">Barbara Drury</cite></h2>Aug. 12, 2013, 3 a.m.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'times new roman',serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">
<br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">A class of year 7 students grappling with a new language is not an uncommon sight in Australian high schools. But the challenge faced by students at Woolgoolga High School is unique. They are learning Gumbaynggirr, a traditional Aboriginal language.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">School principal Guy Wright believes his is the only school in the state, perhaps in Australia, that has introduced an Aboriginal language across the entire year 7 cohort. With 182 students in six classes, it was a major undertaking involving input from parents, teachers and the local Aboriginal community.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.125em">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.monashweekly.com.au/story/1698461/aboriginal-tongue-engages-young/?cs=24">http://www.monashweekly.com.au/story/1698461/aboriginal-tongue-engages-young/?cs=24</a><br>
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