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How many Aboriginal languages are there? Where are they spoken? How are they learned by children? Are there dictionaries of Aboriginal languages? What is the connection between the land, people and language in Aboriginal Australia? This book answers these questions and more by providing a series of studies of different aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia. A series of studies of aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia, this book deals with subjects including why a young Aboriginal woman in rural Australia might plead guilty to a crime she didn’t commit; the picture of “language ownership” that can be drawn from recent research on land rights; what is known of the first white settlers’ attempts to learn the language of the Sydney region; the first dictionaries compiled in South Australia; and how Aboriginal languages are now being used in the media and education. What are Australian Aboriginal languages like and how many are there? What kinds of new language have emerged in the last two hundred years? This book offers a series of studies of aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia