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<p class=""><span class=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">School revives lost local indigenous language</font></span></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">By PEPPE CAVALIERI</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">June 26, 2014, 4 a.m. AUS</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">AT 60,000 years old it is one of the world’s oldest languages and has almost been forgotten.</font></p><p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">But now a Warrnambool school is doing what it can to revive a local indigenous dialect while teaching students the richness of Aboriginal heritage and culture.</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">Warrnambool College believes languages spoken by the first Australians have been overlooked for too long in favour of those of European and Asian countries.</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">Aboriginal language is yet to be formally introduced into Australian schools, but the college is close to including it in its LOTE — Languages Other Than English — program.</font></p>
<p class=""><font face="georgia, serif">“We’d love to introduce Aboriginal language into our LOTE offerings into 2015,” vice-principal Andrew Matheson said.</font></p><p class="" style><font face="georgia, serif">Access full article below: </font></p>
<div style><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><a href="http://www.standard.net.au/story/2376751/school-revives-lost-local-indigenous-language/">http://www.standard.net.au/story/2376751/school-revives-lost-local-indigenous-language/</a></font><br>
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