The AIATSIS map of Aboriginal Australia
Blank Gija Country posters (to go with flashcards)
Singage for school, council, clinic, aged care, art centre, shops, ranger station, youth centre, maintenance shed etc.
Maps of Gija Country
Posters of body, numbers, alphabet, locations, seasons, animals, plants, family roles, objects etc. (see Batchelor Press)
research & media
Research
Community-based teaching and learning programs are informed by ongoing research. A growing body of evidence affirms what Aboriginal people already know - that the passing on of traditional language is a powerful and effective way of improving health and wellbeing in their communities.
Linguist Frances Kofod has studied and documented Gija since the 1970s and continues her substantial research and documentation of Gija grammar. Macquarie University’s Dr. Joe Blythe is undertaking research into Gija conversation and Anna Crane’s doctoral project with the University of Sydney is exploring Gija discourse and pedagogy.
Money for language: Indigenous language funding in Australia
Maboob, Jacobsen, Kemble & Zu, 06 June 2017
Walsh, 11 July 2017
The Elders’ report into preventing Indigenous self-harm & youth suicide
cultureislife.org, 03 April, 2014
Indigenous language link to health & wellbeing
AIATSIS, 05 March 2014
The importance of Indigenous languages
APHREF, September 2012
The role of Indigenous languages
APHREF, September 2012
Re-awakening languages: Theory & practice in the revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous languages
Hobson, Lowe, Poetsch & Walsh, 2010
Indigenous languages programmes in Australian schools
Purdie, Frigo, Ozolins, Noblett, Thieberger & Sharp, 2008
Media
Yahoo7 News, 03 November 2016
How Miriwoong language is being saved
NITV, 20 July 2016
Artlink, 01 June 2016
The Daily Telegraph, 29 May 2015
Warmun crowdfund for Gija language classes
ABC News, 06 May 2015