To launch the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages, Dhanggati man Craig Ritchie, started his address in his own language, Dhanggati.You can hear him by going to: http://webtv.un.org/d/watch/general-assembly-high-level-plenary-meeting-for-the-global-launch-of-the-international-year-of-indigenous-languages/5997497455001/?term=?term&lan=french where you can hear Craig at about 1:07:27 Craig is the CEO of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and is Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the organization … Read More
This year is the International Year of Indigenous Languages and a good year to bring people’s attention to the work happening at language centres, in schools, in community organizations and in families to reclaim and maintain the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages of Australia. In March Muurrbay will be holding an open day to celebrate the renovation work that … Read More
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Everyone at Muurrbay is very excited that we now have renovations underway thanks to a strategic grant from the the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. The building is an old church that was in need of some repairs and repainting. Despite all the noise as the workers prepare the walls for painting and redirect the drainage to prevent the … Read More
Muurrbay was delighted to host a group of Indigenous Studies students on 19 September. Most years, John Hobson and Susan Poetsch have brought a group of students to Muurrbay to learn about the operations of a language centre. They did not come in 2017, so we glad to see them return this year. They showed a keen interest in the … Read More