First Languages Australia Talk

Parkes Shire Council is pleased to announce that they are hosting Beau Williams and Bruce Pascoe at the Parkes Library & Cultural Centre on Tuesday 26 July 2022 from 6-7.30pm. This event is in celebration of the launch of the Wiradjuri Ngurambang Exhibition.

Over the past 250 years so much environmental and cultural knowledge of Australia's First Nations people has been lost or become fragmented, including many of the languages that were spoken across Australia. 

More recently there has been lots of work undertaken to preserve and revive First Australian languages, knowledge and culture. 

Within the Parkes Shire we have schools teaching the Wiradjuri language to all of our children which is a significant achievement that we can all be very proud of.

Beau Williams is the CEO of First Languages Australia, an organisation that works to maintain and strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages across Australia.

Bruce Pascoe will be discussing his award-winning book Dark Emu which offers us an alternative history of Australia's First Nations, a history that for many Australians has been largely silenced.

This is a ticketed event. The ticket is free, however you will need to have a ticket to gain entry.