Keeping traditional language alive in Mildura (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

9 August, 2012 2:04PM AEST

*Keeping traditional language alive in Mildura*

By Damien Hooper and Deb Banks (ABC Local)

*European and Asian languages are predominantly taught in schools, but
interest is also growing for languages closer to home*.

Mildura's language circle, consisting of elders and teachers are trying to
encourage the inclusion of Indigenous languages in the curriculum.

Kaylene Kirwin, a Barkindji woman living in Menindee, says the first step
would be to have a resource centre in the region, to make it easier for
members of the community to access information in an instant.

"Because the only stuff that's stored away is up in Canberra in the
archives up there and you've got to go through all this stuff just to get
your hands on something.

"So it will be really good to get a regional language centre in a
community, like Menindee or Broken Hill, where the community can walk in
and have access to that straight away instead of waiting a couple of months
for it to get sent from Canberra," says Ms Kirwin.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/08/09/3564248.htm
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