Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Languages Project and First Languages Australia – Indigenous Language Speaker Series

Throughout the International Year of Indigenous Languages, First Languages Australia worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to send language artists and advocates to twelve international posts. The visits were very well received by the hosts and provided excellent professional development opportunities for the visitors. We are looking forward to working further with the Department in preparation for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, which begins in 2022.

Language champions join the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at UN, Geneva.

Gawurra Gaykamangu performs at the ‘Kod Indy’ Music Festival in Thailand.

Filmmaker, Warwick Thornton, visits the Smithsonian Institute for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Paris.

Artist Boneta-Marie Mabo joins the Arts4Peace Festival, Cambodia