NQRACLC January Quarterly Newsletter
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North Queensland Regional
Aboriginal Corporation Lan-
guage Centre held their Annual
General Meeting on the 14th of
December at the Serbian Cul-
tural Centre in Cairns.
There was a lot of interest
shown in the future direction of
the organisation, plus a lot of
questions asked.
During the Annual General
Meeting, Cilla Pryor was in-
stalled back to her position on
the board unopposed, and we
also welcome our newest edi-
ton to the board Adrena Pryor
who was appointed unopposed.
As the year 2014 is beginning
the board and staff all look for-
ward to a huge year ahead.
At present NQRACLC is going
through a number of changes
and new directions for the or-
ganisation. There are many of
ideas being thrashed around as
we have had new staff come on
board.
Some of the new directions that
are being thought of and imple-
mented as this are written in-
clude the major one, being a
new website. Other ideas that
are being thrown around incude
open days for NQRACLC,
smart phone and tablet apps and
monthly newsletters, mailing
lists, workshops and much more
to be announced in the near
future.
As technology is changing al-
most on a daily basis, we as an
organisation need to embrace
this, find and develop new ways
to engage our youth to learning
and preserve our culture and
language into the future.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!!!
Board of Directors as of
NQRACLC Annual General
Meeting held on December
14
AGM 2013
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
AGM 1
AWME 2
New Staff 2
Profiles 3
Kuku
Djankan
3
Photos 5
Gurrumul 6
New Directions
N O R T H Q U E E N S L A N D
R E G I O N A L A B O R I G I N A L
C O R P O R A T I O N L A N G U A G E
C E N T R E Blackfella Talk J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T :
State Library
Language Work-
shops February
24-26, 2014
WiPC:E 2014
World Indige-
nous Peoples
Conference on
Education held
May 19-24 in
Honolulu, Ha-
waii.
‘One World,
Many Languages’.
AILA World
Congress 2014,
10-15 August, in
Brisbane
P A G E 2
"The real meaning of
the spoken word has
to be demonstrated
by practical deeds."
~ Nelson Mandela in
an address to the
French National
Assembly, Bourbon
Palace, Paris, France,
7 June 1990
New Staff
Australasian World Music Expo
Happy New Year 2014 On behalf of the Board of
Directors and Staff of the
North Queensland Regional
Aboriginal Corporation Lan-
guage Centre, we hope that
all of our members and read-
ers of this newsletter have
had a happy and safe festive
season.
We hope that you got to
spend it with family and loved
ones, that it was merry and all
done responsibly.
But as 2014 is starting for
everyone, we here at the
North Queensland Aboriginal
Corporation Language Centre
have a huge new year coming
up. Some of the new things
that are coming about in 2014
for us are a new website,
Facebook page, Workshops,
Language Summits and so
much more.
We will have more announce-
ments to be made as the year
goes on.
It is going to be a absolutely
huge year for us here. We
also hope that you are part of
it all as we move forward into
2014 and beyond. We con-
tinually look forward to
working for and with each
and everyone of you as the
year progresses.
Be safe, enjoy, do it all re-
sponsibly and most of all just
remember to make it home
to your loved ones.
One behalf of the board of
Directors and staff of the
North Queensland Aboriginal
Corporation Language Cen-
tre, we hope that your new
year’s resolutions all come
of a lifetime, and a chance to
learn some knowledge from
the people that hold it all.
Whilst there highlights in-
cluded meeting the very
lovely Ellie Lovegrove and her
mum Kerri, further to that
the one and only Archie
Roach, plus many of other
singers, managers, events
Back in November
the Australiasian
World Music Expo
happened in Mel-
bourne and we were
there to attend. On
behalf of the Lan-
guage Centre we
sent Dianne and
Mark down for what
was the experience
directors and so much more.
Out of AWME we learnt so
much from Bush Recording of
music, to running and promo-
tions of organisations, lan-
guage in music and how its
used in today's day and age.
Stay tuned for more about
this in the future.
Graham.
They both bring exceptional
skills, experiences, ideas and
so much more to our team.
More to that they will help
shape the the future direc-
tions of the organisation.
Dianne is a is a descendant of
the Burrarra and Kuku
Nyungkul people. Throughout
her career she has worked in
mainstream, public and pri-
vate sectors. During that time
Dianne has filled many of
roles including Administra-
tion, Customer Service, Em-
ployment Consultancy, and
Mentoring/Support fields.
Mark Graham brings a vast
experience from the media, in
Regional and Metropolitan
Markets, many of years of
community roles and experi-
ences, plus many skills in writ-
ing, photography, mc, dj, tech-
nician and much more.
When you call into the office
of the North Queensland
Regional Aboriginal Corpora-
tion Language Centre or drop
by our offices, you may either
hear a couple of new voices,
or see a couple of new faces.
In recent months our staff
numbers have grown to in-
clude a Language Support
Officer and a Media Officer.
We are inviting you to meet
Dianne Ross-Kelly and Mark
Dianne
Ross-Kelly
with Ellie
Lovegrove
B L A C K F E L L A T A L K
Kuku Djankan back on the map
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
As part of our workshop sessions
that happen across the region,
Kuku Djankan recently held one of
their workshops. Kuku Djankan
covers the areas of
Dimbulah, Mount
Mulligan, and Kon-
daparinga which is
all west of Mareeba.
Throughout the
workshop that
lasted for 5 days, there was so
much pride in being on country,
learning language, and being with
family taking all the experiences in.
During the workshops the mob
learnt about kinship terms, struc-
turing sentences in language, the
translations from from Kuku
Djankan back to English. Also
during the workshop there was a
look to the future to being able to
keep learning language and
strengthening knowledge of lan-
guage.
If your group is interested in
learning language and the support
that is offered from the
NQRACLC, simply call or email
our office.
ployed at Telstra as a Field Tech-
nician. 2009 Mark commenced his
Degree in Business Management at
Batchelor Institute and is about to
complete it through Deakin Uni-
versity where going from a degree
in Business options were put in
front of him to change to a Bache-
lor of arts majoring in Journalism
and Business. Throughout Mark’s
career he has worked as a Tutor/
lecturer, Radio DJ, Journalist,
Born in Townsville, Mark started
his career in radio in 1997 with
Bumma Bippera Media. He has
studied at Batchelor Institute of
Indigenous Tertiary Education in
Northern Territory and graduated
in 2001 with a diploma in Radio
Broadcasting and Journalism. From
2000 - 04 he worked at the Na-
tional Indigenous Radio Service
and at 4AAA Murri Country in
Brisbane. 2004 - 07 he was em-
Technician, Band/
singer Manager,
Events organiser. At
the end of the day
Mark is a jack of all
trades and master of
none. If you have pho-
tos or stories for
consideration for our
next newsletter, contact
me in the office.
ment Consultancy, and Men-
toring/Support fields. Her aims
for the future are to be able to
help give language back to the
mob to empower our future
generations.
Some of the Government De-
partments and organisations
that Dianne has worked for
includes Depart of Social Se-
curity better known as Centre-
link today, Wet Tropics, Cape
York Land Council, Douglas
Shire Council, Cape York Pen-
insular Development Associa-
tion, and Cairns Regional
CDEP just to name a few.
Dianne will be a face that you
will all get to know as your
groups want to run language
workshops or as you drop by
our offices.
Dianne was born in Mossman,
grew up there, and also in
Cairns. She is a descendant of
the Burrarra and Kuku Nyung-
kul people.
Throughout her career she has
worked in mainstream, public
and private sectors. During that
time Dianne has filled many of
roles including Administration,
Customer Service, Employ-
Uncle Ron
Archer
teaching
Kuku
Djankan in
a recent
workshop
Dianne Ross-Kelly (Language Support Officer)
Mark Graham (Media Officer)
Action from the 2013 Laura
Aboriginal Dance Festival.
Hopevale Dancers.
“….if our
languages were
like animals under
threat of
extinction there
would be global
outcry” - Lester
Irabinna Rigney,
Assoc. Professor,
writing on
Indigenous
languages (FATSIL
Newsletter,
March 2002, p. 9).
.
Out & About
Troy Wyles-Whelan and Jenny Warrack talking on the Blackstar Radio Network Breakfast
Show.. Tranby College Staff come to NQRACLC Office.
Palm Island wins Malcolm Bishop Cup. Yarrabah Seahawks win Mossman All Blacks Car-
nival in a Golden Point thriller.
Local Cairns identity Billy Lee Long comes and stops by the office and sees first hand what
we are all about. Yasuhori Hayashi from the Aboriginal Resource and Development Ser-
vices stopped by our office.
Out & About (cont.)
(Clockwise from Top Middle)
Meeting with members Robert
and Phyllis Grant about poten-
tial workshops.
Adrena Pryor our newest
member of the Board of Direc-
tors
Meeting about a potential Gir-
ramaygan Language with
Marcia and Sandy.
Kuku Djankan Language
Workshops held on country at
Wangu.
develop greater personal skills,
and deliver meaningful and rele-
vant opportunities - helping to
find pride and place as future
leaders in their communities.
Building on the strength of tradi-
tional culture, artistic skill and
love of sport, Gurrumul’s foun-
dation looks to support programs
in these areas over a sustained
Named at the top of the Australian Fi-
nancial Review’s Cultural Power list,
Gurrumul Yunupingu has officially
launched the Gurrumul Yunupingu
Foundation.
Gurrumul Yunupingu is an internation-
ally recognised singer/songwriter/multi-
instrumentalist who is a powerful role
model for young Indigenous people.
Adding to a long list of incredible career
achievements, he has now fostered the
development of a foundation that will
continue supporting a legacy of Aborigi-
nal knowledge, achievement and oppor-
tunity.
The Gurrumul Yunupingu Foundation’s
vision is to provide indigenous youth
(particularly those in remote communi-
ties) with opportunities to participate
and achieve success. It will fulfill its
goals through supporting activities that
target young people, assisting them to
discover and build on their strengths,
period of time.
The Foundation was conceived by
Gurrumul while overseas in early
2012.
The first pledge of support for the
Foundation has come from Delta
Goodrem, musicians of the Sydney
Symphony and Gurrumul himself
who collaborated to perform and re-
cord ‘Bayini Live’ on ‘The Voice’
earlier this year. The single ‘Bayini
Live’ was the first top five hit ever in
an Indigenous language and all pro-
ceeds from downloads are donated to
the Gurrumul Yunupingu Founda-
tion.
The Gurrumul Yunupingu Founda-
tion is planning launch activities to
be held around Australia in early
2014 but is now open for business
and welcoming founding philan-
thropic supporters.
NQRACLC was formally incorporated in
2006, after having operated under the aus-
pices of the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
for many years. The work being carried out
by the language centre includes workshops to
record speakers of various languages, and
training community members in the use of
appropriate technology and equipment for
their projects.
“Language is the expression of our culture
and land.
You can not have one without the others.
We can not describe our culture and our land
if we do not have our language.”
73 Greenslopes Street
Edge Hill, CAIRNS
Po Box 266N
North Cairns, QLD 4870
Phone: (07) 40 534 698
Fax: (07) 40 323 017
E-mail:
North Queensland Regional Aboriginal
Corporation Language Centre
GURRUMUL TOPS CULTURAL POWER LIST: UNVEILS THE GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU FOUNDATION
Gurrumul live on stage at the
Inaugural Boomerang Festival
in Byron Bay October 4-6,
2013.
Were soon to be on the
web!
nqraclc.com.au
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NQRACLC would like to thank and acknowledge our funding body.
Plus the following partnerships.