Event Millers Point

Bayala Free Language Courses

Learn some phrases from Sydney's Indigenous languages at one of Sydney Festival's popular free classes.
Matt Abotomey
October 29, 2018

Overview

If you want to learn something this Sydney Festival, head to the Sydney Observatory and soak in some stars while expanding your vocabulary. During the one-hour Bayala language class, Durag woman Aunty Jacinta Tobin and Gadigal man Joel Davison will be teaching participants one of Sydney's native Indigenous languages. Attendees will learn Indigenous names for locations around Sydney, a few anatomical terms, basic phrases and a short song.

This is the third year the classes have run, and each time the convenors have been blown away by the response. In fact, there are a few additional three-day sessions for those who are returning and want to take things up a notch.

The classes will run over two weekends — the first at Prince Alfred Square in Parramatta and the second at the Observatory. They're free, but if you're interested, book early — registration opens at 9am on November 30. You'd be surprised how many linguists will pose as amateur astronomers just to steal your seat.

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When

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Saturday, January 12, 2019

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    Sunday, January 13, 2019

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    Saturday, January 19, 2019

  • Sunday, January 20, 2019

    Sunday, January 20, 2019

Where

Sydney Observatory
1003 Upper Fort Street
Millers Point

Price

FREE
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