forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
Indigemoji (2019-21)
app
Werte! Emoji nhenhe-areye arrwekele anthurre Australia-kenhe. Tyerretye Arrernte-areye itnenhe mpwareke, Arrernte-kenhe apmerenge. Tyerretye anwernekenhe-arle itnenhe-areye mpwareke. Arrernte ilyernpenye-areye help-eme-ileme angkentye arratyele arrernetyeke.
Indigemoji is Australia’s first sticker set of Indigenous emojis made by young people in Central Australia - featuring faces, roo tails, troopies, plants, animals and local hand signals, now available in both the App Store and Google Play.
Steered by Arrernte linguists and elders, Joel Liddle Perrule, Veronica Dobson Perrurle and Kathleen Wallace Kemarre, each emoji has an Arrernte name, the ancient but endangered language of Mparntwe/Alice Springs. It enables a new means of communicating on digital platforms using signs and signifiers from Arrernte culture and language - a small but significant step towards improving the representation and inclusion of the many diverse cultures and languages of Australia in digital technologies.
Developed during the International Year of Indigenous Languages, the 90 emoji designs were designed by at-risk young people at the Alice Springs Public Library. Over seven weeks of workshops, 960 young people participated - drawing, designing, making, experimenting and discussing language. Many had never used an iPad before. They were mentored by a group of talented Indigenous artists Graham Wilfred Jnr, Phillip McCormack, Emma Stubbs and Colleen Powell, who were in the space all summer thanks to support from inDigiMOB, a digital inclusion partnership between First Nations Media Australia and Telstra.
The Indigemoji app was launched on 22 November 2019 with a BBQ at Alice Spring Public Library and Indigemoji Disco at Brown Street Youth Drop-in Centre. It was the number one social networking app in the App Store upon its release and was downloaded 40,000 times in its first week.
related
workshops
Saturday 14 December 2018 - Monday 26 January 2019
Alice Springs Public Library, Alice Springs
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Purple House, Alice Springs
Tuesday 16 April - Wednesday 17 April 2019
Youth Links, Tennant Creek
awards
2020 Honoree, Public Service & Activism, Webby Award
2020 Honorary Mention, Digital Communities, Prix Ars Electronica
2020 Best Digital Product, First Nations Media Awards
media
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Emoji workshop playing part in resurgence of traditional language, NITV Online - 17 October 2018
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Australia Is Finally Getting Its First-Ever Set Of Indigenous Emojis This Year, Pedestrian TV - 11 July 2019
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Indigenous emojis featuring Aboriginal flag and boomerang to be released, The Guardian - 12 July 2019
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‘Indigemojis’ are coming to our phone screens by the end of the year, Happy Mag - 12 July 2019
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Australia's First Set of Indigenous Emojis Are On Their Way to Your Phone, Concrete Playground - 12 July 2019
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Australia's first ever set of Indigenous emojis are revealed - but do YOU know what they all mean?, Daily Mail Australia - 12 July 2019
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Australians Are Copping A Set Of Indigenous Emojis, Lad Bible - 12 July 2019
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Social media reacts to new Indigenous emojis, news.com - 12 July 2019
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Indigemojis set to be released, The Daily Examiner - 12 July 2019
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A collection of Indigenous emojis are set to arrive this year, The Brag - 12 July 2019
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Australia's first set of Indigenous emojis to be released, SBS News - 13 July 2019
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19 new Indigenous Australian emojis are on the way, Yahoo Finance - 15 July 2019
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Australian Aboriginal Culture Represented Through Indigemojis, 7D News - 16 July 2019
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Locally designed Indigemojis set for release, Centralian Advocate - 16 July 2019
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Indigenous emojis featuring Aboriginal flag and symbols to be released, Lonely Planet News - 17 July 2019
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New emojis celebrating aboriginal culture to be released, BBC - 22 July 2019
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CAAMA Radio - 3 August 2019
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CAAMA Radio - 18 October 2019
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Arrernte Emojis, NITV - 22 November 2019
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ABC Cairns Drive - 22 November 2019
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Culture goes digital with Indigemojis, Centralian Advocate - 22 November 2019
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An Indigemoji will make your point Centre-style, Alice Springs News Online - 22 November 2019
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8CCC - 25 November 2019
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ABC Pilbara Drive - 25 November 2019
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Indigemoji – Diversity and Representation, Social Justice Archivist, 25 November 2019
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ABC Darwin Drive - 26 November 2019
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Centralian Advocate - 26 November 2019
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ABC Australia Wide - 27 November 2019
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ABC TV News - 28 November 2019
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Indigemoji app provides 90 emojis representing central Australia’s Indigenous Arrernte culture, ABC Online - 28 November 2019
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Radio Interview, ABC Albany - 29 November 2019
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Indigemoji is now a sticker set of 90 emojis, Emoji Stock - 19 November 2019
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ABC Sydney - 31 November 2019
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Indigenous artists launch Indigemoji to represent First Nations culture and storytelling, National Indigenous Times - 4 December 2019
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Australia's First Set of Indigenous Emojis Are Now Available to Download, Concrete Playground - 21 December 2019
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Giving Indigenous Australians a visual voice with Indigemoji, Telstra Exchange
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Indigemoji project a smashing success, Centralian Advocate - 26 December 2019
