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Indigenisation resources: Languages

Resource portal to assist with locating Indigenous content for courses.

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that videos on this page may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons

Featured videos

The Point celebrates the United Nations year of Indigenous languages and explores introducing dialects in schools, recovery programs and in combating racism. Hosted by Rachael Hocking and Jodan Perry.

Hosted in the Library’s ClickView database

Part of the NITV series >The Point

Few people speak the Indigenous Djabuguy language fluently. Michael Quinn, an Englishman, is one of them.

Hosted in the Library’s ClickView database

Part of the ABC Open series Mother Tongue

Featured resources

  • Awabakal Language Resources - Digital downloads of posters, books and cards from the Awabakal Language Program.
  • Awabakal Stories - Stories from around the Hunter Region.
  • AIATSIS - Living Languages - In Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including around 800 dialects. Languages are living things that connect people to Country, culture and ancestors.
  • First Languages Australia - First Languages Australia has developed an interactive map to display and promote the diversity of Australia’s Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages.
  • Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
  • JSTOR - Access to journals in areas related to communication, mass media and closely-related fields of study.
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - Abstracts and index to articles, book reviews, books, chapters, dissertations and working papers covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.li>
  • MLA International Bibliography with Full Text - Indexes books and articles on modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics. Content from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America.