Kaurna elder Rod O'Brien promotes understanding and speaking of the Kaurna language.

Kaurna elder Rod O'Brien aims to promote understanding and speaking of the Kaurna language among Adelaide Plains residents, believing it reconnects people to their identity and culture. Learning the language, O'Brien says, reveals insights into the culture, landscape, and country. Language revival only started in the late 1980s following decades of suppression by colonial forces that banned Aboriginal people from speaking their native language.

February 25, 2024
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