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The Past, Present and Future of Victorian Indigenous Languages
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 06:00 PM
Location
Old Treasury Building20 Spring St
East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
Australia
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Event contact
Margaret Birtley0418 814 957
With 2019 designated as the UN's International Year of Indigenous Languages, this public event will explore the destruction, survival, recovery and use of Victorian indigenous languages, and the use of Indigenous language in historical research and production.
Alice Gaby (Associate Professor in Linguistics at Monash University) will consider the history and future of Indigenous languages around Australia, including an overview of Aboriginal languages prior to colonisation.
Aunty Lee Healy (Dhagung Wurrung Elder and Education Officer/Linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages) will reflect on her experience in the recovery and use of a Victorian Indigenous language and her current work on the Tagungwurrung Dictionary and grammar. (Click HERE to read a recent SMH article about her work.)
Leonie Stevens (Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and author of 'Me Write Myself': The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47) will consider the effects of European settlement on indigenous languages and how historians might respond. Her presentation will discuss ethics and obligations for historians, as well as opportunities.
Update on 16 August: References and further reading, from Dr Gaby and Dr Stevens.
Professor Alistair Thomson (Monash University, and President of Oral History Australia), will facilitate the discussion.
Bookings for this free event are now open. To reserve your seat, please complete the RSVP details at the foot of this page.
With thanks to the series sponsors, Monash University Publishing and the Monash University History Program:
and to the organising partners:
The seminar is part of an ongoing series, Making Public Histories, that is offered jointly by the Monash University History Program, the History Council of Victoria and the Old Treasury Building. Each seminar aims to explore issues and approaches in making public histories. The seminars are open, free of charge, to anyone interested in the creation and impact of history in contemporary society. Click HERE to learn about other events in the series.
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The HCV was formed as an advisory body in 2001 and incorporated in 2003. It comprises representatives from cultural and educational institutions and heritage bodies; history teachers and curriculum advisors; academic and professional historians; and local, Indigenous, community and specialist history organisations.
As the peak body for history, the HCV has both ‘outward-looking’ roles (including advocacy and representation to government and the wider community, consultation, community education, and networking with allied interest groups) and ‘inward-looking’ roles (including member support, information dissemination, and networking between members).
Credits
The History Council of Victoria acknowledges the State Library of Victoria and the Public Record Office Victoria for supply of the archival images that appear on this website.
We acknowledge the National Film and Sound Archive for the right to use of the video footage on the home page, titled "Melbourne: Life in Australia (1966)".
Image credits
- Italian sailors on ship at Port Melbourne 1938, Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria
- Chinese procession in Collins near Elizabeth Street 1901, Harvie & Sutcliffe, photographers, State Library of Victoria
- People’s homes, Aboriginal station Coranderrk 1878, Fred Kruger Photographer, State Library of Victoria
- Chinese nurses at Children’s Hospital under scholarship 1947, Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria
- Ladies physical culture class VRI Melbourne c1931, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12903/P0001, 011/02
- Melbourne Cup, Derby and Oaks Day, Flemington Racecourse 1936, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12903/P0001/4802, 372/30
- Flinders Street viaduct at foot of Market Street with advertisement for McRobertson’s Chocolate on bridge, Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 1342