Held in Tarntanya (Adelaide) in November, Warra was a spectacular success bringing 80 language activists aged 30 years and under together for two days of workshops, presentations and conversations.

To ensure that bilingual educators are well represented in Yalbilinya: National First Languages Education Workforce Strategy, First Languages Australia met with Top End and Central Australian educators in November.

First Languages Australia was invited to attend the launch of the NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust Strategic Plan 2022-2027 and their 2022 Languages Gathering.

The 2022 ABC Education competition required students to work with custodians to write an Acknowledgment of Country in the local language and turn it into an eye-catching poster for display at their school.

In July, First Languages Australia CEO, Beau Williams, was invited to meet with the Minister for the Arts, Hon Tony Burke MP.

On July 15, we were pleased to join with Masters of Indigenous Languages Education students at the University of Sydney to launch Common Sounds in Our Languages.

First Languages Australia is pleased to share the first in our new set of language awareness videos “Common sounds in our languages”.

The Pertame Language School have invited their Native American mentors to share the Master-Apprentice method with other communities in Australia.

First Languages Australia is continuing its agreement with Arts Law in providing free membership to language centres.

First Languages Australia is pleased to be working with the Indigenous Languages and Arts Program toward pilot programs that will support the effort of language centres in collaborating with health and early education programs.

Have you seen our beautiful new film series on ABC News?

First Languages Australia and the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority have published a series of fact sheets to help schools and community members understand the intention of the Australian Curriculum Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages.

First Languages Australia is collaborating with universities on a two-year research project looking at the long-term stability of language collections.

Ngunnawal language activist Dr Caroline Hughes is the new Executive Director, AIATSIS Collection Services Group.

Annalee Pope and Beau Williams attended the recent Australian Languages Workshop at Goompi on Terangeri/Minjerribah.

We are in the final months of Yalbilinya: National First Languages Education Project funded by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

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.