Tauondi Aboriginal College

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Tauondi Aboriginal College, also known as Tauondi Aboriginal Community College, is a non-profit independent Australian Aboriginal college in Port Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1973.[1] Its name is a Kaurna word, to honour the traditional owners of the Adelaide Plains, the Kaurna people: tauondi means to "penetrate and break through”.[2]

The college assisted four colleges in founding the Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education Providers in 1996.[3]

The college provides adult education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with the aim of "upholding Aboriginal cultures and identities in ways that respect Aboriginal lore and custom and the diversity of students’ experiences and ambitions".[1]

The college teaches Aboriginal languages, including Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri. In 2021 the first students of the first training course to be specially tailored to the teaching of Aboriginal languages graduated, and are now able to pass on their skills to the community.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Home page". Tauondi Aboriginal Community College. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "About Tauondi". Tauondi Aboriginal Community College. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Home Page". The Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education Providers. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ Marchant, Gabriella (12 July 2021). "Aboriginal languages making comeback through new training program and dictionaries". ABC News. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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