Melinda Holden, Beau Williams and Carolyn Barker attended the 2022 AIATSIS Summit to present on our work to encourage the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place names.

First Languages Australia is working in partnership with the Australian Government and Indigenous language experts across the nation to set an agenda for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

Through the past six months, Beau Williams has been busy meeting the managers and staff of language centres both virtually and in person, including: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Kimberley Language Resource Centre, ARDS Aboriginal Corporation, Central Queensland Language Centre, South-East Queensland Language Centre, Murdi Paaki Language Hub, Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative, the Mobile Language Team, Far West Language Centre, Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre and Wangka Maya Pilbara Language Centre.

irst Languages Australia’s management committee relished the opportunity to meet in person for the first time since the launch of Jarrak: Our languages Journey in December 2019.

First Languages Australia is excited to be hosting a Youth Forum in Adelaide on 22 and 23 November 2022.

First Languages Australia is continuing our discussions with the Coalition of Peaks toward membership of the Coalition.

The Bachelor of Arts (Languages and Linguistics) provides students with the necessary skills and tools to carry out language work in a wide range of contexts and domains.

The University of Queensland’s School of Languages and Cultures is developing a learning program for Indigenous people working to reactivate their languages.

This year, First Language Australia’s competition with ABC Education is about Acknowledgement of Country.

In March, First Languages Australia was delighted to attend Yuuingan Dhilla Yari, the Queensland Indigenous Languages Forum hosted by the State Library of Queensland.

In addition to adding your details to First Languages Australia's skills register for individuals (gakal.com.au) and the language centres and programs map, our international partners at the Endangered Language Project are inviting language revitalisation projects to share their work through the international Revitalisation Directory which will be launched later this year.

In the coming weeks, new content will be added to Gambay: First Languages Map.

Pat Anderson and the Uluru Statement from the Heart team are working with community language teams to translate the statement into as many languages as possible.

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, on the 21st of February, First Languages Australia and Snapchat launched the 'Australian Indigenous Language Lens' - a filter available for use in the Snapchat app.

Biderah Tduringar. My name is Beau Williams and I am the new CEO of First Languages Australia.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

First Languages Australia is pleased to have launched Gakal: First languages skills register.

First Languages Australia bid a fond farewell to our founding manager Faith Baisden with immense gratitude.

We have a growing number of projects with partner organisations that would benefit from the part-time support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language workers with specific skills.

A reminder that First Languages Australia has extended the free legal services from Arts Law to language centres until June 2022.