Support for Indigenous languages and arts activities
Read about the First Nations community-led organisations that will share in $30 million of funding thanks to the Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
Image: Clan junggay (Cultural leader from opposite moiety) being painted up for Mun-jiburay bunggul (performance). The yellow line represents the Balkarranga clan totem Rajarra (Barramundi).
First Nations community organisations that run language and arts activities will share in $30 million of funding through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
The funding will go to 70 First Nations community-led organisations to express, conserve and sustain their cultures through Indigenous languages and arts activities.
Among the recipients are:
- Numburindi Development Aboriginal Corporation – to conserve and revitalise the Wuybuy language of the Numburindi people by employing community members to develop and produce a Wuybuy dictionary and become certified local language teachers and community linguists to facilitate community-led language workshops in Numbulwar, Northern Territory.
- Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Corporation – to commission, develop, rehearse and tour 3 new Aboriginal language-based theatre shows to be shared with children far and wide and to include Yamatji and Wongatha language in productions in Perth, Western Australia.
Read about the Indigenous Languages and Arts program | Office for the Arts.