Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages

Editor: David Nathan

Update 2024

This site is no longer current and is not being updated. Since 2016, happily, the number of online sources of knowledge about Australian Indigenous languages exploded in number and diversity of sources, especially from Indigenous organisations and individuals. As a result, it became impossible to keep ALoA up to date. It is no longer a key resource.

As the main web portal for Australian Aboriginal languages on the web (part of Tim Berners-Lee’s official W3C Virtual Library (now defunct at https://www.vlib.org/ - see its history) this site provided summaries, guidance and links to quality resources on Aboriginal languages, especially those produced from communities and by community members. It was listed in most of the major international libraries and other institutions as a key site for Australian languages, and attracted over 500,000 hits a year.

Approximately half of the linked sites still exist and the site’s back-end database remains valuable because it contains data which tracks 20 years of the emergence, expansion and changes in the online presence of Australian First Nations languages from the birth of the web.

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RESULTS: 2 ITEMS FOR CATEGORY Funding sources & support

Indigenous Languages and Arts

Source: Australian Government, Attorney General's Department, Ministry for the Arts

The principal national Indigenous languages funding (formerly ILS, MILR) is now packaged in two streams: Indigenous Languages and Arts (Languages) (to support language centres etc. and Indigenous language workers in funded organisations); and Indigenous Languages and Arts (Projects) (for traditional and contemporary Indigenous culture and arts projects). This page has documents with guidelines and eligibility and selection criteria.

http://arts.gov.au/topics/indigenous-arts-languages-and-culture/indigenous-languages-and-arts

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.06/08/2015

 

Wyemando: Harper Sisters Aboriginal bequest

Source: Wyemando Trust

Wyemando provides grants to support Aboriginal language projects in Western Australia. The site lists language organisations in WA and has other useful links.

http://www.wyemando.org.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.15/10/2015