In this episode of LONGLINE we sit down again with Alice Spring’s based language worker Vanessa Farrelly from the Pertame Language Project. Christabel Swan and Geraldine Stewart also join in parts of the conversations. In this episode we hear about the threat to Indigenous languages posed by rising temperature and climate change. From reduced access to country created by extreme heat to the extinction of native flora and fauna, the extreme change in climate felt in Central Australia poses a huge challenge to Indigenous language speakers.

Thank you to Vanessa Farrelly, Christobel Swan, and Geraldine Stewart for sharing their story with the LONGLINE team.

This project was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation. A huge thanks to the Community Broadcasting Foundation for their support of community media across Australia.

LONGLINE: The Community Stories Project was created in Mbantua Alice Springs. 

Produced by Joshua Davis and Damien Williams

Cultural liaison Lynette Ellis

Intro and Outro Music Dave Crowe Sing/Hum

Additional audio recording: Vito Lucarelli

Edited by Joshua Davis

This episode was recorded in the ICTV audio recording studio. 

Special thanks to April Campbell, Lynette Ellis, Thomas Saylor, Benjamin Erin, 8CCC and ICTV.

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