30 July 2019
IY2019—Secret River to showcase Dharug language in UK
Dharug language will be heard for the first time by an international audience when the stage adaptation of Kate Grenville's award-winning novel ...
Photo by Hugh Hartshorne, showing Nathaniel Dean and Ningali Lawford-Wolf, cast members of Sydney Theatre Company's The Secret River.
Cultural heritage Cultural heritage
29 July 2019
Return to Country for 6 Kaurna old people
A moving repatriation ceremony was held at the National Museum of Australia today to mark the official handover of ancestors to Kaurna Elders...
Screen Screen
26 July 2019
Thor: Love and Thunder to film in Australia
The next instalment of Marvel Studios’ major blockbuster Thor franchise will be filmed at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney with a $24.1 million...
Paul Fletcher and Chris Hemsworth shaking hands in front of AFTRS main entrance. Media microphones and people taking photos in the foreground.
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
24 July 2019
IY2019: 50 words project
There’s a call out to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities to be part of an initiative to document 50 words from each Indigenous...
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
18 July 2019
New exhibition now open at Artbank
Artbank’s latest exhibition brings together a large body of visual and digital work by 12 Indigenous artists from the Nyapari community in South...
Keith Stevens and Ginger Wikilyiri, Piltati, Nyapari Munu Kunamata 2018, 150x300cm, Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
15 July 2019
IY2019: Teaching language to kids through poetry
Kirli Saunders is on a mission to celebrate, share and preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages with Australians. Her tool of...
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
12 July 2019
IY2019: Panel discusses language revival
Reflecting on the importance of reviving and maintaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages during NAIDOC Week.
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
11 July 2019
IY2019: Technology will help save Erub language
During NAIDOC Week we look at how the Erub community, from Darnley Island on the Torres Strait, is harnessing digital resources to protect their...
Photo by Naomi Fillmore from the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ANLF)
Indigenous arts and languages. Indigenous arts and languages
10 July 2019
IY2019 video – Why this year is important
A focus of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages is to recognise the work underway in communities across Australia and the globe in...
International Year of Indigenous Languages
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9 July 2019
New report on cultural funding by government
The Cultural Funding by Government 2017-18 survey shows total expenditure has increased by 13% since 2016-17.
$6.9 billion total cultural expenditure by Government 2017-18. $765 million increase since 2016-17. 13% increase.

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