"The relation of Aboriginality to English has important implications for communication between Aborigines and other Australians, and especially for the education of Aboriginal and other Australian children within a context of reconciliation." Executive summary "The relationship between Aboriginal English and Australian English requires an appropriate educational response, and the report concludes by providing the rationale for two way bidialectal education which is the best way in which Aboriginality and English may thrive together within a schooling which will relate meaningfully to a life experience in which both English dialects have an important place". Executive summaryword lists, tableslinguistics, education, reconciliation, sociolinguistics

A non-technical introduction and survey of seventeen Australian languages from across the continent; various authors. Simple grammatical information and wordlists organised by meaning. Introduction describing characteristics of Australian languages and relationship to kinship systems, address list of language centres, each language chapter has introduction, notes on wordlist, spelling and pronunciation, grammar and extensive wordlist in 26 or more categories; language index and English index; chapters annotated separately.Word lists, mapslinguistics, glossaries, vocabularies

Technical linguistic grammar of Wathawurrung and the Colac Language. Includes a classification of Victorian languages and an English glossary for both languages with suggested phonetic transcriptions.maps, word listswathaurong, wada wurrung, watjawurrung, wathawurrung, gulidjan, tjapwurrung, djab wurrung, bunganditj, buandig, western victorian language, warrnambool language, central victorian language, colac, geelong, ballarat, barry blake, ian clark, sharnthi krishna-pillay, julie reid

All language educators are aware that culture is a vitally important reason for teaching languages. All curriculum statements for languages contain strong references to the importance of culture. We need to offer accessible cultural input to initiate the teaching of culture in language use, while at the same time not simplifying or stereotyping the community that speaks the language we are teaching. This book takes up these important questions and places in the hands of teachers well researched but very practical guidance, advice, resources and information on teaching culture in language. In this book you will find a discussion of what researchers, and classroom teachers, think and do about culture in language education and you will find a rich array of practical resources and advice for enhancing classroom practice. Specific languages addressed are: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and English as a Second Language. Preface /? Joseph Lo Bianco 1. Common themes /? Joseph Lo Bianco 2. Culture: visible, invisible and multiple /? Joseph Lo Bianco 3. A conceptual framework to help teachers identify where culture is located in language use /? Chantal Crozet 4. Chinese /? Li Kaining 5. How can we make Australian English meaningful to ESL learners? /? Anne-Marie Barraja-Rohan 6. Teaching French and culture in language use /? Chantal Crozet and Louise Maurer 7. Are Germans rude or just doing things differently? Understanding and teaching language and culture /? Winfried Thielmann 8. Face value: teaching Italian verbal and social-cultural interaction /? Piera Carroli, Adriana Pavone, Vincenza Tudini 9. The teaching of culture in Japanese /? Miyuki Toyoda and Shunichi Ishihara.diagrams, word listsculture theory, australian english, esl, language and culture, english as a second language

Various authors, includes technical linguistic sketch grammars of Wargamay, Mpakwithi (Anguthimri), Watjarri, Margany, Gunya and a survey of extant Tasmanian materials.Maps, word listswargamay, mpakwithi dialect of anguthimri, watjarri, margany, gunya tasmanian

Maps, word listsbunuba, ndjebbana, kugu nganhcara, south kimberley region, western australia, central arnhem land, cape york peninsula, north queensland, language programs, bilingual education, language in media

Maps, word listswarumungu, tennant creek, central australia

Early language contacts between Aboriginals and Colonists. Looks at the history of the area and explorationa dn pastoralists.Maps, word listscolonisation, pidgin

Lists each site and gives details.maps, word listsjardwadjali, djab wurrung, djabwurrung, rock art, grampians national park, gariwerd, major thomas l mitchell, aboriginal place names

word lists, tablesdjab wurrung, djabwurrung, wembawemba, wemba wemba, wergaia, luise hercus, robert brough smyth

word lists, tablesdjab wurrung, wembawemba, wemba wemba, wergaia, djadja wurrung, chaap wurrong, wimmera, dawson, grammar

The Flora and Fauna Names Project is an initiative of the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages and the Victorian Biodiversity Strategy. The researcher has examined material from the archives of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Public Records Office and the Australian Archives Office. This first stage of the project focussed on the NRE archives, in particular the field notebooks of the earliest surveyors and their maps although other NRE resources, libraries and public records were accessed. A total of 3028 words were found of which a significant proportion have previously been unknown to linguists. It appears that the place names and word lists in early surveyors notebooks, the 1858 surveyors responses to the Surveyor General and an extensive Wiradjuri wordlist by James Baylis have not yet been widely used or published. Fifteen percent of these 3028 words describe flora and fauna and six percent describe habitat. Of particular interest is the evidence provided by these lists of the existence of fauna in the mid nineteenth century in regions where it is now extinct. For example, magpie geese, eastern quolls, bustards and pademelons were assigned names in the Jardwadjali language area of the upper Glenelg and Wimmera Rivers. The outcomes of this project may help to assist in ascertaining the distribution of flora and fauna assets in Victoria.maps, b&w photographs, colour photographs, illustrations, word listswiradjuri, jardwadjali, glenelg river, wimmera river

maps, word lists, chartslinguistics

Features 'Classifying Victorian languages' by Barry Blake and Julie Reidmaps, word lists, chartslinguistics

Thesis on language in Victoria, includes historical notes.Maps, charts, word listspama-nyungan, warnman, gundungurra, dyirringan, wathaurong, wathawurrung, tyattyalla, wudjubaluk, wuttyabullak, woiwurrung, kulin, madhi-madhi, wadi-wadi, wamba-wamba, wemba wemba, bereba-bereba, barababaraba, colac, warrnambool, bunganditj, kulin, yorta yorta, yabula yabula, jabulajabula, dhudhuroa, pallanganmidda, gippsland, ganai, gunai kurnai

Awabakal is the language of the Aboriginal people from the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Lower Hunter region of New South Wales in Australia. As Lenny takes his walk and collects insects, we learn some words that relate to the bush, to the landscape and the little creatures that would be found there. This book has been printed with sound, which can be heard through an Audio Reader. If you have an Audio Reader, run it over the pages to hear the sound.word lists, colour illustrationsawabakal, newcastle, lake macquarie, hunter region, juvenile literature

Language reader.Colour illustrations, word listsnoongar, western australia, bunbury, djiti djiti school

Language reader.Colour illustrations, word listsnoongar, western australia, feelings

CD ROM - home made, contains scanned images of a few pages. CDROM located in CD ROM case.Word lists, CD-ROM

The book describes the way politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders if national movements and others try to influence our use of language. It is argued that language planning is never attempted of its own sake, rather it is carried out for the attainment of non-linguistic ends.Maps, tables, word listssociolinguistics, linguistics, linguistics in australia

A consolidated account of the Warrnambool language of the Western District of Victoria based on early sources. It is intended to serve as a convenient reference guide for the Aboriginal people of the Warrnambool area and for all researchers.Maps, tables, word listswarrnambool, bunganditj, buwandik, colac, dhudhuroa, djadjawurrung, eastern kulin, western kulin, kulin, gippsland language, woiwurrung, thagungwurrung, kurnkupanut, language revival, endangered languages

This spiral bound book is the revised dictionary of the Butchulla Language compiled by Jeanie Bell which involved an analysis of Butchulla language material collected by a linguist Professor Stephen Wurm. It includes a Butchulla- English wordlist, abbreviations, illustrative sentances and Butchulla place names.Colour illustrations, word listsbutchulla, korrawinga aboriginal corporation

Various authors, includes technical linguistic sketch grammars of Djapu (Yolngu), Yukulta, Uradhi, and Nyawaygi.Maps, diagrams, word listsdjapu, yolngu, yukulta, uradhi, nyawaygi