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Public Lecture: Dr Rob Amery "Unforeseen Success: the work of the Dresden Mission Society in South Australia, 1838-1858" (Teichelmann, Schürmann, Meyer & Klose)

WHEN: 6pm Tuesday 21st June

WHERE: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide

This is the inaugural lecture of the German-Australian Connections Network (Deutsch-Australisches Netzwerk)

 

175th Celebrations of the Formation of the Dresden Mission Society

On 17th August 1836 the Evangelisch-lutherischen Missions-Gesellschaft was formed in Dresden in Germany. Missionaries Clamor Schürmann and Christian Teichelmann, who were sent to Adelaide in October 1838 to work with the Kaurna people, were its first missionaries. Two years later they were followed by Samuel Klose, who took over the running of the Kaurna-medium school at Pirltawardli (Plitawodli), and Heinrich Meyer who was posted to Encounter Bay to work with the Ramindjeri people. Schürmann was sent by the Governor of South Australia to Port Lincoln in 1840 to work with the Barngarla (Parnkalla) people.

In August 2011 a delegation of Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri people will travel to Germany to take part in the celebrations in Dresden, to visit the archives and museums holding material (archival documents, artefacts and natural history specimens), the home towns of several of the missionaries and other places of relevance.

 

Kaurna In The Public Arena post 1980!

Dr Rob Amery and Emilie O'Brien alongside BEANSTALK creative & production, have been working on a site specifically for the use of Kaurna language in the public arena.

Its still under construction, but we thought we would tell you as we are really excited about it!

And we need your pictures! If any of you have some photos of Kaurna places or even people! We would love to consider them for the site!

Some examples of what we would like are- street signs in Kaurna, Art works around the town and organisations or groups with Kaurna names.

email them to emilie.obrien@adelaide.edu.au

Still - Coming Soon!

Kulluru Marni Ngattaitya - Kaurna Learners Guide

Its still in the process of waiting to be published but dont worry- its coming!

Kaurna Postcards

Turra Womma Tarndanyako – Images of the Adelaide Plains

In August 2007 a set of six postcards were printed. These were produced through the DCITA-funded Indigenous Language Productions – Postcard Initiative project.

Darren Hayward from Centacare worked with Kaurna people and a linguist in workshops hosted by Kaurna Warra Pintyandi to finalise the designs.

The postcards are based around Tarnda ‘male red kangaroo’, Warto ‘wombat’ Pilta ‘brush-tailed possum’, Ilya ‘red-bellied black snake’, Kari ‘emu’ and Kudlyo ‘black swan’.

All photos were taken on the Adelaide Plains.

The postcards were produced to promote the use and visibility of the Kaurna language and to raise awareness of Kaurna language, land and people.

The postcards will be available from various outlets including Tandanya, the South Australian Museum, theLiving Kaurna Cultural Centre at Warriparinga and Kaurna Plains School. For only 25 cents each!

Wholesale orders may be placed with Kaurna Warra Pintyandi at the University of Adelaide.

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KWP has its own facebook page, and all supporters of Kaurna are encouraged to join and share their news and events with us. See you on facebook!