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<h1 class="" style="font-size:32px;margin:0px;line-height:38.4px;letter-spacing:0px">Elders talk up plan to rescue indigenous tongues</h1></div><div class="" style="display:inline-block;min-height:30px;margin-bottom:6px;width:1414px;color:rgb(130,129,129);font-size:10px;text-transform:uppercase">
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<cite class="" style="padding-right:8px;display:inline-block;font-style:normal">HARRY EDWARDS</cite></li><li class="" style="list-style-type:none;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;float:left;padding-left:7px;padding-right:7px;vertical-align:middle">
<cite style="padding-right:8px;display:inline-block;font-style:normal"><a class="" href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/" style="color:rgb(130,129,129);text-decoration:none">THE AUSTRALIAN</a></cite></li><li class="" title="2013-10-28T00:00:00+11:00" style="list-style-type:none;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;float:left;padding-left:7px;padding-right:0px;vertical-align:middle">
<span class="" style>OCTOBER 28, 2013</span> <span class="" style>12:00AM AUS</span></li></ul></div><p style="margin:10px 0px 14px;text-align:inherit"><strong style>A STATE government plan to rescue Aboriginal languages threatened with extinction has been welcomed by community leaders following the launch of the first of five trial centres based across country NSW.</strong></p>
</div><p style="font-size:15px;margin:10px 0px 14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif">The government-funded but community-run Language and Culture Nest opened in Dubbo, central NSW, on Friday and aims to co-ordinate teaching in the local Wiradjuri language from preschool through to TAFE and university.</p>
<p style="font-size:15px;margin:10px 0px 14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif">Wiradjuri elder and Dubbo councillor Rod Towney said he had seen several attempts by government to preserve Aboriginal languages but that this latest program was different. "It hasn't been pushed on us by people who don't understand us," Mr Towney said.</p>
<div class="gmail_default">Access full article below: </div><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/elders-talk-up-plan-to-rescue-indigenous-tongues/story-fn9hm1pm-1226747867685#sthash.2lROje4B.dpuf">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/elders-talk-up-plan-to-rescue-indigenous-tongues/story-fn9hm1pm-1226747867685#sthash.2lROje4B.dpuf</a></span><br>
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