Dubbo MP Troy Grant welcomes NSW language nests in Wiradjuri (fwd link)

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Dubbo MP Troy Grant welcomes NSW language nests in Wiradjuri
RICK MORTON, THE AUSTRALIAN
MARCH 27, 2014 1:46PM

*A TRADITIONAL Aboriginal language was spoken in the NSW Parliament for the
first time in its 190-year history last night as National MP Troy Grant
welcomed the government’s quest to preserve indigenous culture.*

The O’Farrell Government has funded five “language and culture nests” in
key sites across the state. The first in Dubbo for the local Wiradjuri
language was launched last year.

“The Wiradjuri nation expands from the Blue Mountains in the east, to Hay
in the west, north to Nyngan and south to Albury,” Mr Grant, who is not
indigenous, told the house last night during a private member’s statement.

“This has been the home of the Wiradjuri nation for more than 40,000 years.
In any culture, language forms the foundation of a community. It is how we
communicate and how our history is shaped, with stories told and customs
and knowledge passed from generation to generation. Language is the way in
which our communities evolve.”

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