Elders talk up plan to rescue indigenous tongues (fwd link)

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Elders talk up plan to rescue indigenous tongues

   - HARRY EDWARDS
   - THE AUSTRALIAN <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/>
   - OCTOBER 28, 2013 12:00AM AUS

*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.*

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.

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.
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