Successful Launch of 'Feed the Monster'

It was a week filled with long hours of travel, late nights, last-minute changes, meetings with Senators and countless curious questions.

The official launch took place at the National Library and we were completely blown away by the number of attendees, both in person and via electronic streaming.

We had over 50 people in attendance in the lecture hall and over 65 sites tuning in electronically. We haven’t confirmed official numbers but we were told some on the sites tuning in were schools and were viewed by up to 40 plus people!

We appreciate Senator Malarndirri McCarthy - Northern Territory and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price taking the time to meet with us during their busy schedules.

We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with the The Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) which began way back in 2004 with Mrs. Nixon being the driving force behind the project.

We have probably said it before but we truly cannot put into words how valuable Mrs. Nixon and her extensive knowledge has been, Papulu Apparr-kari would not be as it is today if it were not for her and her total commitment to sharing the language as her mother’s taught her to do.

Thank you to everyone that helped get us here, it has been a long road but incredibly worth it and we couldn’t think of a better legacy for Mrs. Nixon, to have the languages she worked so hard on to be preserved for future generations forever.

We now look forward to completing our next language venture.