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Nyul Nyul Body Parts

Students from Sacred Heart School in Beagle Bay sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" in Nyul Nyul language.

Learn some words in Nyul Nyul, and sing and move with students from Sacred Heart School in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Indigenous Literacy Day is proudly presented by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, a charity with a vision of equity of opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in remote Australia.

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Launching two books; Ngaripirtangaya (Listening) and a board book of No Way Yirrikipayi in Tiwi.

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Indigenous Literacy Foundatio, Milikapiti Community

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While in Darwin, the ILF program team prepare for their visit to the Tiwi Islands.

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Tiwi

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Early Childhood Australia

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Wiradjuri

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Wakka Wakka

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Yawuru

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KindiLink

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Artwork by Gregg Dreise
Photography by Tiffany Parker