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Title:		Tour of Mission Houses in Minjilang
		dvR_031027
		Yiwarrunj, yinyman, radbiyi lda mali: Iwaidja and Other Endangered Languages of the Cobourg Peninsula (Australia) in their Cultural Context
Contributor:		Bruce
Coverage:		Australia
Date:		2003-10-27
Description:		On a tour through Minjilang community, focused on the remaining infrastructure of the Mission Time (1944-1967): The Methodist Mission on Croker Island was established as a home for children of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Until 1972 government policy was to assimilate indigenous people of mixed descent into European society and culture and to ensure intermarriages with Caucasians rather than Aboriginals. To more easily facilitate these aims, governmental agencies and church missions removed indigenous children of mixed descent from their families and raised them in children's homes, such as on Croker Island. These children are now commonly referred to as the "Stolen Generation". The two informants, themselves members of the "Stolen Generation", describe the function of the different mission buildings, and talk about their childhood and growing up on the Mission on Croker (Emily Hansen, and Florrie). Once the missionaries started to set up their institution, the Marrku people, who are traditional owners of Croker Island, and who happily agreed to a church settlement on their territory, were told to stay away from the Mission. To push this policy through, the first super intendent burnt down their huts at the beach. The Marrku people moved camp to the western side of the island (Palm Bay). In the early 50's the Mission changed its policy, allowing the traditional owners and their visitors from other language groups to work for the Mission in return for rations. Further more, the children of the traditional owners of Croker Island were allowed to attend the Mission school.
		This project documents, in as full a cultural context as is possible, the Iwaidja language of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia (Iwaidjan language family, non-Pama-Nyungan), still spoken by around 200 people but under increasing threat from English, as well as recording material from other languages of the region (Marrgu, Ilgar/ Garig, Amurdak and Manangkari) which are all reduced to one or two speakers each. In addition to linguists, the research team will include specialists in ethnomusicology, material culture / archaeology, and social anthropology, and will result in a comprehensive, searchable and browsable sound and video documentation, with Iwaidja transcriptions and subtitles alongside English translations, an Iwaidja dictionary of around 5,000 words, detailed phonetic analysis, and briefer materials on other languages of the area.
		On a tour through Minjilang community, focused on the remaining infrastructure of the Mission Time (1944-1967): The Methodist Mission on Croker Island was established as a home for children of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Until 1972 government policy was to assimilate indigenous people of mixed descent into European society and culture and to ensure intermarriages with Caucasians rather than Aboriginals. To more easily facilitate these aims, governmental agencies and church missions removed indigenous children of mixed descent from their families and raised them in children's homes, such as on Croker Island. These children are now commonly referred to as the "Stolen Generation". The two informants, themselves members of the "Stolen Generation", describe the function of the different mission buildings, and talk about their childhood and growing up on the Mission on Croker (Emily Hansen, and Florrie). Once the missionaries started to set up their institution, the Marrku people, who are traditional owners of Croker Island, and who happily agreed to a church settlement on their land, were told to stay away from the Mission. To push this policy through, the first super intendent burnt down their huts at the beach. The Marrku people moved camp to the western side of the island (Palm Bay). In the early 50's the Mission changed its policy, allowing the traditional owners and their visitors from other language groups to work for the Mission in return for rations. Further more, the children of the traditional owners of Croker Island were allowed to attend the Mission school.
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Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0007-F23E-2
		IW
Publisher:		Nicholas Evans
		University of Melbourne
Subject:		Discourse
		Interview
		Mission Time (1944 - 1967), Methodist Mission, Stolen Generation
		English language
Subject (ISO639):		eng
Type:		audio
		video
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Archive:		The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/www.mpi.nl
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0007-F23E-2
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
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Citation:		Bruce. 2003-10-27. Nicholas Evans.
Terms:		area_Europe country_GB iso639_eng
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Country:		United Kingdom
Area:		Europe