The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is an amazing project that just keeps getting better every time I drop by their website. They are creating an open and easy to navigate website with digital copies of materials made by Literature Production Centres for Northern Territory bilingual education programs in Australian Indigenous languages and English. So many of these books (which are so often hand-written and illustrated) have been close to being lost or damaged and the team are doing a great job of ensuring they can be used for future education programs. It’s a massive task – there are currently hundreds of books from over 20 communities and languages. You can read many of them, and they all have useful information about the language and content.
Even if you don’t speak any of the languages (although many are bilingual with English), there’s something wonderful about their design. It reminds me of school book projects when I was at primary school.
The books above come from four different communities, you can click the title for the archive link. From top to bottom (and left to right):
1. Title: Pintaherraherre (Emu story)
Place: Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa)
2. Title: Pinja-kurlu
Language: Warlpiri/English
Place: Lajamanu
3. Title: Yirri?i tjaatji nyuwana winga?pungutja (The opening of the new church)
Language: Pintupi-Luritja/English
Place: Papunya
4. Title: A-?agu-Inyung Ana-Lhaawu (A story about honey)
Language: Wubuy/English
Place: Numbulwar
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