In this Broken Hill prison, 70 per cent of inmates identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The new jail manager decided it was time to prioritise their cultural care.
Kado is one of only three speakers of Ngalia. He designed an app to pass down his knowledge to the next generation
The remote town of Leonora, more than 800 kilometres from Perth, is an unlikely technology hub, but its only school has been chosen to launch a new app aimed at preserving language and culture.
Photo shows kids sitting on a school bench and looking at their ipads.More than a dozen locations bear this racist term and relic of colonial oppression
There is a small sign in Western Victoria — one of 15 locations around the country, from creeks and waterholes to bores and mountains — that is a racist slur in plain sight.
Photo shows photo of woman standing with a serious look on her faceBorn in the bush, 95-year-old Kevin Waters takes one last trip back to Old Toomelah
Kevin Waters is the last surviving Gomeroi man born at the Old Toomelah Aboriginal mission near the NSW-Queensland border. His life's purpose now is to ensure his family remains connected to a culture they were once forced to forget.
Photo shows Flames lick the edge of the frame as Kevin Waters sits watching a smoking ceremony at Old Toomelah, March 2024.Why some researchers want you to stop using the word 'puggle' for platypus babies
Kangaroos have joeys and dingoes have pups, but what do you call a baby platypus? If you think "puggle", think again.
Photo shows Very young smooth-looing platypus babies held in a pair of hands at night close-up.Crab-catching sisters' paintings depict abundance of food in Top End after rain
The vibrancy of the Top End wet season is captured in a collection of paintings by a pair of sisters from a remote community near the southern edge of Arnhem Land.
Photo shows Two sisters hug and smile at the camera with artworks behind them.Non-Indigenous students help revive First Nations language on brink of extinction
Before colonisation, Australia had 250 distinct languages. With the help of TAFE teacher and Yuin woman Trish Ellis, these students are working to prevent another one being lost.
Photo shows A collage of close ups of three different people.Australian charity beats Quentin Blake and Neil Gaiman to win $725,000 international literary award
The Australian not-for-profit has bested authors, illustrators and organisations including Neil Gaiman and Quentin Blake to win a global award, in honour of the creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Photo shows An Aboriginal woman reads Where's Spot with an Aboriginal woman in a blue shirt.Aboriginal elder calls for NT Police unit to apologise to community over 'disgraceful' award
An Aboriginal elder who recently worked for NT Police is among a group of Aboriginal Territorians calling for more to be done to address racism within the force.
Photo shows A middle-aged Indigenous woman with dyed red hair looks at the camera with a neutral expression.How turning a shipping container into a recording studio is changing young lives in a remote town
A music box is not only a boredom buster, it's changing lives for young people in a remote NSW town.
Photo shows A young Indigenous man sings into a microphone.It may be very far away from the rest of the country, but the work at Perth Festival speaks to all of us
It may be isolated from the rest of the country, but Perth Festival takes pride in telling uniquely local stories from the far west. Here’s a smattering of highlights and tips for the final week.
Photo shows A row of people wearing headphones, seen from behind at a beachside outdoor ampitheatre at sunset.Why the opening of a new collecting institute in Alice Springs dedicated solely to Indigenous culture is so important
With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.
Photo shows Three men in traditional Indigenous clothingDoes the way you say 'France' rhyme with 'pants' or 'aunts'? How the Australian accent is changing
Australian voices really aren't what they used to be. Linguists and ABC presenters weigh in on the changes to Aussie voices and the death of the ABC accent.
Photo shows Two people silhouetted with two speech bubbles "pool and pewwl". A map of Australia is in the background.Angel never thought she'd see her niece again, then she saw a handprint at her high school
The vibrant handprint display tells hundreds of unique stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture and unites some of the country's most respected Indigenous trailblazers.
Photo shows A young woman on the floor next to a wall covered in painted handprints.Last speaker of Thiinma uses music to keep language alive
Uncle Peter Salmon is the last remaining native speaker of the First Nations language from the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 35 seconds.Calls for extra legal resources to avoid further 'catastrophic failures' in WA justice system
The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says its lawyers are paid up to $42,000 a year less than they would at Legal Aid WA, making attraction and retention difficult.
Photo shows She sits in a camp chair wearing colourful red and orange clothesThis Aboriginal language was officially extinct. A new generation is giving it life
A 94-year-old is the last living keeper of an officially extinct language. Generations have worked to revive the Kalkutungu language, which will now be taught to students in the outback.
Photo shows A First Nations manTeacher uses lessons learned at nan's knee to build community bonds
Adrian Harrington knew he was making an impression as a language teacher when a parent approached him in a supermarket aisle to ask him about a phrase her daughter had used.
Photo shows Dark skinned man in his mid thirties on a sofa with an older woman in her 80'sNative title recognised over area where communities grew after nuclear tests, rail development
Historic events of the past 120 years were among the factors that led people to Cundeelee, in WA's Goldfields, where a large native title claim has just been determined.
Photo shows He has a big cowboy hat onFirst Nations culture 'not a fad or trend in education' as primary school works with elder to embed cultural perspectives
The granddaughter of a man who was part of the Stolen Generations says having First Nations culture taught at her primary school helps her understand things her grandfather didn't talk about.
Photo shows a young girl holds a painting she has done.Indigenous language app a game changer for learning, preserving First Nations lingo
Named after the Wiradjuri word for "change" or "refreshment", the ground-breaking mobile app Gurray translates English words into seven different Aboriginal languages.
Photo shows A person holds a phone that shows the Gurray Indigenous language keyboard app