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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Rosalind Berry et al, Making the jump : a resource book for teachers of Aboriginal students, 1997
The focus of Making the Jump is the acceptance of Aboriginal students' home language, and the use of that language as a jumping off point for teaching Standard Australian English. It is a valuable classroom resource for teachers working with students whose home language is Kriol or Aboriginal English. Ch. 1. First impressions Ch. 2. Cultures in the classroom Ch. 3. Understanding the languages Ch. 4. Separating the languages Ch. 5. SAE- Planning and practice Ch. 6. Discovering the differences Ch. 7. Games.B&w illustrations, diagrams, gamesbilingual education, catholic school education, linguistics and education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, David McRae, Langwij comes to school : promoting literacy among speakers of Aboriginal English and Australian Creoles, 1994
... of Aboriginal English and Australian Creoles... Broome Koori English Aboriginal English Australian Creole ...Booklet intended to help teachers to assist young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieve proficiency in Standard Australian English (SAE) through a better understanding of the diversity and validity of the language backgrounds of these students.maps, colour photographs, colour illustrationsbarmah primary school, barunga community education centre, margate primary school, parramatta state school, toomelah public school, kimberley schools, broome, koori english, aboriginal english, australian creole, standard australian english -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Guy Tunstill, Reviving languages : Warranna Purruttiappendi : Tumbelin Tungarar : renewal and reclamation programs for Indigenous languages in schools, 1999
Directed at language revival in schools. Includes planning and teaching, LOTE areas, further information and guidelines.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, word listskaurna, ngarrindjeri, curriculum development, language revival, education, language learning, bilingualism, lote, south australian education system -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Chris Illert, Early ancestors of Illawarra's Wadi-Wadi people. Part 1., The unacknowledged sources of traditional stories in C. W. Peck's book 'Australian legends, tales handed down from the remotest times--' (publ. 1925 and 1933), 2003
Includes stories about people and the languages, word lists,pronunciation and sources of stories.Maps, b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, word lists, newspaper articleswadi wadi, wulungulu, gundungara, korewal, south coast nsw, cooma -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association, Nharangga warra : Narungga dictionary, 2006
... Australia Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association ...Part One gives Narungga-English and Details and Part Two has Word Categories. Part Three is English-Narungga Finder list.Maps, b&w illustrations, word listsnarungga, south australia -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association, Nharangga dhura midji =? Narungga family terms, 2010
... Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages 33 Saxon ...Provides a significant step in the ongoing survival of the Narungga language and provides for future generations the opportunity to have a greater understanding of identity and culture. Traditional family terms reclaimed with explanatory diagrams.B&w illustrations, family tree templatesnarungga, south australia -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Harry Allen, Australia : William Blandowski's illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, 2010
... of Aboriginal Australia... illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia William Blandowski ...William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. This is the first publication in English of his nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life.b&w illustrations, mapswilliam blandowski, pictorial works -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, David Horton, The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture ; volume 1 A-L, 1994
... The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and... Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society ...Comprehensive 2 volume set of encyclopaedia covering all aspects of Australian Aborigines, flora, fauna and environment.maps, colour illustrations, b&w illustrations, colour photographs, tables -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, George Mackaness, George Augustus Robinson's journey into South-Eastern Australia, 1844 with George Henry Haydon's narrative of part of the same journey, 1978
Looking at the journeys of George Augustus Robinson and George Henry Haydon into South-Eastern Australia.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgeorge augustus robinson -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, A month in the bush of Australia : journal of one of a party of gentlemen who recently travelled from Sydney to Port Philip : with some remarks on the present state of the farming establishments and society in the settled parts of the Argyle Country, 1965
Journal of a party of gentlemen travelling from Sydney to Port Phillip; p.6-7; Information on Lakes Bathurst &? George; p.15; Family, Yass area gathering &? eating manna; p.20; Meeting with small tribe Mantons Station; p.23-24; Hume R., tribe, guide Baambargan; p.26; Meeting with native party 27 miles S.E. Ovens R.; p.30-32; Catching possum Violet Creek, Aboriginal - English, flies warn game of danger, finding honey; p.38; Visit to camp Campaspe R.; p.41-42; Yarrayarre R. natives seen, attempts by guide to obtain wife, language difficulties; p.46; Head of Wearidy R. camp visited by natives.7colonisation, frontier life, pioneer life -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Edgar Morrison et al, Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842 /? by Edgar Morrison. The Aborigines of Australia : a lecture delivered ... before the John Knox Young Men's Association, on Wednesday May 10th, 1854 /? by Edward Stone Parker, 1967
The episodes related here occurred between the years 1837 and 1842 and describe what would now be called a period of confrontation between the Aboriginal inhabitants and the white settlers who flocked to the scene so glowlingly described by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1836.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsloddon, edward stone parker -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Mrs James Smith, The Booandik tribe of South Australian Aborigines : a sketch of their habits, customs, legends, and language : also an account of the efforts made by Mr. and Mrs. James Smith to Christianise and civilise them, 1880
Stories from the early days of South Australia from an adventurous woman, recounting her experiences with the local Aboriginal community. Much detail of early encounters with domestic animals and mission folk.Word lists, b&w illustrationsbooandik, boandik, buandig -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Wilfrid Prest, The Wakefield companion to South Australian history, 2001
A one volume guide to events, people, places themes and topics in South Australian history.mapssouth australia, history, encyclopedias -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book with CD, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Voices of Australia : 30 years of the Racial Discrimination Act : 1975-2005 : a collection of real-life stories about Australians living together, 2005
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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Booklet, Wangkanyi Ngurra Tjurta Aboriginal Corporation Language Centre et al, Short stories in Wangkatha : short stories from the Western Desert, 1966
An assortment of songs and stories in the Wangkatha language.wangkatha, western desert, western australia, songs, dreamtime stories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Joe Blythe, Maintaining the links : language, identity and the land : proceedings of the Seventh FEL Conference, Broome, Western Australia, 22-24 September 2003, 2003
Major headings: Languages & Land claims; Toponymy & Topography; Planning for the future; Language, identity & the environment; Language & Identity: Home & Away; Language revitalisation: Maintenance; Documenting ENdangered LanguagesMaps, graphs, word listsland claims, east kimberley, ecotourism, nsw, borroloola, gurr-goni, maningrida -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Don Featherstone, Babakiueria : (Barbeque area), 2006
... A satirical film about Aboriginal people's discovery...) A satirical film about Aboriginal people's discovery of Australia ...A satirical film about Aboriginal people's discovery of Australia and its white inhabitants. A critical and popular success, this 'reverse angle' probe into racial inequality in Australia has developed a cult following. It approaches its subject with humour but is no less effective for that - perhaps more so. Cast includes: Michelle Torres, Bob Maza, Cecily Polson, Tony Barry. Winner of the UN Media Peace Prize 1987.DVDindigenous australians, australian history, humour, satire, australian television -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Students of Iramoo Primary School, Dyeerrm : the story of Dyeerrm the thirsty frog : as told by the Indigenous students of Iramoo Primary School, 2007
The story of Dyeerrm is adapted from the original tale of Tiddalik, a well-known Dreamtime story told throughout Australia by many Indigenous peoples. Iramoo Primary School has worked with the Wathaurong People of the Geelong and Werribee districts to produce a piece of work which reflects the lives of these people, the food they ate, the plants they lived amongst and the stories that make up their culture. "The school has endeavoured to ensure all information in the retelling of this version is accurate. We apologise for any inconsistencies".DVDwathaurong, geelong, werribee, dyeerrm, tiddalik, dreamtime, storytelling, animation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Australian Electoral Commission, Your vote matters : understanding the federal electoral system
Information on why we vote, how to register to vote and what to do with the ballot papers. It also explains the special arrangements for absent, mobile an dearly voting. Includes tracks in 5 languages as well as English.pitjantjatjara, western kriol, walmajarri, torres strait creole, jaru -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The apology to the Stolen Generations of Australia, 2008
Documents the historic Apology, delivered by PM Kevin Rudd, February 2008DVDstolen generations, national apology, reconciliation, kevin rudd, australian government -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Rachel Perkins, First Australians - the untold story of Australia, 2008
Chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of the country's First Peoples. The series explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire. Over seven episodes, First Australians depicts the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history. The story begins in 1788 in Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishmen (Governor Phillip) and a warrior (Bennelong) and ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia. First Australians chronicles the collision of two worlds and the genesis of a new nation.DVD, bonus study guide -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nganyang Ngaangk, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nganyang kongk, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nganyang maam yok, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nidja nganyang Kabarli, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nidja nganyang maambart, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Nidja nganyang moyran, 2012
Language reader.Colour illustrations, photographs, language cards, CDnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Denise Smith-Ali et al, Moort Family Reader Series CD, 2012
Language reader.CD, picture cardsnoongar, western australia, family -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Rosemary McKenry, Deadly eh, Cuz! : teaching speakers of Koorie English, 1996
This kit was produced as a professional development course for primary and secondary teachers and Koorie educators. Teachers of tertiary students have also found the course useful. It has been republished by Language Australia Ltd, and is based on raising teachers' awareness of Koorie English.videocassette, brochures, bookletsyorta yorta, goulburn valley, koorie english, professional development, teaching, education, secondary school education, tertiary education, koorie english literacy project -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Kit, Western Australia Department of Education et al, Ways of being, ways of talk, 2002
Kit produced by a Primary and Senior Secondary School in Western Australia dealing with communication, language and Aboriginal History. Video 1. Moving Into Other Worlds Video 2. Two Way Learning and Two Kinds of Power Video 3. Now You See It, Now You Don?t Video 4. A Shared World of Communicationb&w illustrations, colour illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographs, videocassette, bookaboriginal education, aboriginal english, cultural awareness, school curriculum, language and literacy, bilingualism, two way learning