- Language rights & policy
 Aboriginal English in the Courts (Queensland Government)
Extensive handbook on communication issues for speakers of Aboriginal English in courts [PDF 35pp] [15/05/2005] http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/courts/pdfs/handbook.pdf
Building Stronger Communities: Indigenous Australian Rights In Education and Language (Lester Irabinna Rigney/FATSIL)
A submission delivered to the UN Commission on Human Rights, describing the officially unacknowledged status of Aboriginal languages. [02/01/2003] http://www.fatsil.org/papers/research/rigney-1.htm
Building the Tools: toward the integrated protection of indigenous languages and Knowledge as part of indigenous heritage (Luisa Maffi)
Terralingua Discussion Paper #14. Starts from the developing recognition of human and cultural rights and argues that this should also be extended to linguistic heritage. [04/02/2007] http://www.terralingua.org/DiscPapers/DiscPaper14.htm
Culture and Heritage: Indigenous Languages (Department of the Environment and Heritage (authors John Henderson and David Nash))
Australia: State of the Environment Technical Paper Series (Natural and Cultural Heritage), Series 1
Language allows the expression and transmission of knowledge within and across generations. This paper (a downloadable PDF) surveys the state of Australia's indigenous languages up to January 1995. Many languages now have only a handful of elderly speakers, and almost all of the traditional languages currently spoken could be gone within a generation. [23/10/2004] http://www.deh.gov.au/soe/techpapers/series1/indigeno.html
DCITA Publications (DCITA)
DCITA Publications, including The National Indigenous Languages (NILS) Survey Report (2005) (AIATSIS/FATSIL) and Economic Costs and Benefits of Australian Indigenous Languages (Peter Muhlhausler and Richard Damania) [10/02/2007] http://www.dcita.gov.au/indigenous_programs/funding_programs_and_support/Maintenance_of_Indigenous_Languages_and_Records/publications
FATSIL Guide to Community Protocols for Indigenous Language Projects (FATSIL)
Guide to protocols, especially for language projects involving linguists wrking with communities [32pp PDF]. Also detailed downloadable pro-forma agreements. [18/02/2007] http://www.fatsil.org/guides.htm
The Need for Community Consultation to assist in the Development of Aboriginal Language Programs in schools: A Draft Discussion Paper (Kevin Lowe/FATSIL)
Examines issues raised during the development of Aboriginal language programs in NSW schools. Kevin Lowe is Chief Education Officer with the Aboriginal Curriculum Unit, Office of the Board of Studies NSW. [02/01/2003] http://www.fatsil.org/papers/research/lowe-1.htm
Recognition Rights and Reform - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (AUSTLII)
Part of Reconciliation and Social Justice Library (also available from ATSIC). [29/11/1998] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/atsic/ntsj1/54.html
Senator Aden Ridgeway (Aden Ridgeway/FATSIL)
Interview with Senator Aden Ridgeway, a Gumbaynggir man from northern NSW, and senior parliamentarian for the Australian Democrats. [02/01/2003] http://www.fatsil.org/VOTL/Articles/18-1.htm
State of Indigenous Languages in Australia - 2001 (P McConvell and N Thieberger/Department of the Environment and Heritage)
Australia State of the Environment Technical Paper Series (Natural and Cultural Heritage), Series 2, 2001. Study with case studies, charts, maps etc. [15/05/2005] http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/techpapers/languages/ |
