<div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b><font size="4">Connecting to culture</font></b><br><br>May 9, 2014, 12:30 p.m.</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;display:inline">
​AUS​</div><br><br>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Victor Dominello said an Aboriginal Language and Culture Nest launched in Lightning Ridge at Walanbaa Dhurrali Integrated Childhood Family Centre last Friday would strengthen students’ sense of identity, helping them to become more engaged in the classroom and stay in school.<br>
<br>Mr Dominello said the Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay Nest, one of five across NSW, represented a network of Aboriginal communities which included Elders, language experts, teachers, and more than 530 students from five schools.<br>
<br>“The Nests will create enduring partnerships between schools, TAFEs, universities and Aboriginal communities to connect language resources and experts - providing a pathway to learn traditional language from cradle to grave,” Mr Dominello said.</font><div>
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