A children’s book about an annual trip to Victoria’s high country to feast on Bogong moths is introducing into schools and kinders an Aboriginal language that has not been spoken fluently since the 19th century LatimoreJack
A children’s book about an annual trip to Victoria’s high country to feast on Bogong moths is introducing an Aboriginal language that has not been spoken fluently since the 19th century into schools and kindergartens in the state’s north-east.is the first book written for children in Taungurung and English. With a grant from the Murrindindi Council, the book’s author, Aunty Loraine Padgham, has provided copies to 45 kindergartens and primary schools.
Bogong moths are high in fat and were prepared in a number of ways, from cooking on a fire to grinding down into a protein-rich paste, which was roasted in cakes or smoked to preserve it for weeks ahead. Aunty Loraine Padgham is reawakening Taungurung traditional language in Murrindindi Shire’s kindergartens and primary schools.The book also provides a QR code that links readers to a recording of Padgham narrating the story in Taungurung language.
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