Before colonisation, many hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages thrived across Australia. Now, just over a dozen are learned as a first language. Estimates of exactly how many ...

Bluey to be dubbed in Indigenous Australian language for first time - Five episodes will be dubbed into Yolŋu Matha, spoken ...

COFFS HARBOUR, Australia, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Whirling barefoot in a sand circle, Clark Webb leads a class of school children as they dance to clapsticks and the songs of the Gumbaynggirr, an ...

Of the original 250-plus languages and over 750 dialects spoken by First Nations peoples before 1788, only 12 are being learned by children today. However, widely spoken contact languages – creoles ...

Indigenous Australians experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. They are sick more often, die younger and are at higher risk of serious health complications, including heart ...

The new coin was released today. IN CELEBRATION of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, the Australian Mint has released a 50 cent coin decorated in 14 different Aboriginal Australian words ...

Connection to country, culture and community is intrinsically linked to teaching and retaining Indigenous languages, a Flinders University communications expert says. Flinders University Emeritus ...

The act representing Australia at this year’s Eurovision contest has sadly not qualified for the grand final. Yet for Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross, the duo that makes up Electric Fields, it’s ...

Five episodes have been dubbed into Australian language Yolŋu Matha for Naidoc Week, with Bandit voiced by a founding member of rock band King Stingray ...