Web revives Indigenous language

28 October 2009 | 04:49:28 PM | Source: SBS

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Sydney's Aboriginal Darug community are celebrating the launch of a website which has brought the language of their ancestors alive again. (AAP)

Sydney's Aboriginal Darug community are celebrating the launch of a website which has brought the language of their ancestors alive again.

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The notebooks belonging to lieutenant William Dawes from the first fleet has allowed historians to create an online version of the 200 year old manuscript.

The manuscript which was rediscovered in London more than 35 years ago, is one of the oldest written sources documenting Aboriginal life and culture during the colonial period.

Until now William Dawes' notebooks were only available in Australia in a poor microfilm version, but the new website has transformed the original text.

It's now available on the Internet with high quality images and translations.
 

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