Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Overview

Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre

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Saving Goldfields Aboriginal languages for all of us

The Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre (GALC) is an Aboriginal research organisation focussed on the recording, linguistic analysis, preservation and use of the Aboriginal languages of the region. Language speakers and linguists work together to create comprehensive recordings of the languages and to archive these for present and future generations. The organisation creates learning resources such as lexical databases and dictionaries to encourage the use of languages. GALC has a retail area with language books, resources, reference material and films, along with a variety of educational resources and art materials.

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Address:

2 Burt St
Boulder WA 6432
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9021 3788

Email:

info@wangka.com.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 8:30am - 4pm

W.H. Douglas' reel-to-reel

Recording languages

This is Wilfrid H Douglas’ reel-to-reel audio tape recorder that he used to record Aboriginal people speaking in language. Douglas was a missionary who initially taught in the South West region. He...

Edie Ulrich painting

Language and culture go together.

Edie Ulrich is a Tjupan Elder. Her paintings adorn buildings around Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Edie painted this work for the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre to use in its promotional materials.

Cassette Tape Adeline. 2004

Unknown language information

This is a cassette tape recording from 2004 of Adeline, speaking in a local Aboriginal language. Items like cassette tapes with an Aboriginal person speaking in a local language, are often donated to...

Bilya Koort Boodja

Centre for Nyoongar culture and environmental knowledge

Bilya Koort Boodja is a bold and beautifully displayed showcase of the region’s Ballardong Nyoongar culture. In a region still bearing the emotional scars of the Stolen Generations, Bilya Koort Boodja...

Dead Finish Museum

Beers and bodies: a former pub and morgue now houses a museum

You can almost smell the beer flowing, and the conversation of sandalwood cutters and haulers in this museum, which is named after the old hotel in which it is housed. The hotel was affectionately...

Goomalling School Museum

Remember the days of the old school yard

You can't miss this museum: look out for the vintage school bus next to the old Headmaster’s house. Inside, the museum feels like someone just upped and left the house, without packing up, and just...

Grain Discovery Centre

From planting to plate: discover how grain helped communities grow.

The Grain Discovery Centre is located inside the Narembeen Roadhouse and gives a history of farming and grain growing in the district. There is a fascinating shop display, which shows some of the...