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October 4, 2022·

Celebrate World Animal Day with two new Kriol videos

Since 1925, World Animal Day has been helping raise awareness for animal rights and welfare every year on October 4. This year, two new educational videos in Kriol have been…

September 28, 2022·

Kriol alphabet song released!

If you grew up speaking English, you would have learned our ‘Now I know my ABC’ alphabet song at a young age and never forgot it. It might be hard…

August 19, 2022·

2021 Census: Kriol a growing language

The results of the 2021 Census have recently been released and data about Kriol shows it to be a growing language. Read on for more details on what the 2021…

August 9, 2022·

Little J & Big Cuz in Kriol – now on YouTube

With huge thanks to Ned Lander Media, the two Kriol episodes of award-winning kids cartoon Little J & Big Cuz that we helped create in 2021 are now freely available…

December 16, 2021·

Little J & Big Cuz in Kriol – world premiere!

If you’ve never seen a cartoon in Kriol before, that’s all about to change! Ngukurr School and Meigim Kriol Strongbala have just teamed up to present a “world premiere” screening…

October 13, 2021·

Compensation for young people who went to Don Dale

There are lots of stories around about children who got sent to Don Dale being treated badly there. Don Dale is a Youth Detention centre in Darwin, run by the…

August 31, 2021·

Little J & Big Cuz in Kriol – coming soon!

If you’ve never met Little J & Big Cuz before, they are a couple of Aboriginal kids aged 5 and 9 living with their Nanna and Old Dog. They’ve been…

August 20, 2021·

Bigismob Jigiwan Dog – a year later … still cheeky!

Remember back when Covid first took hold and we were all in lockdown? Well that difficult time was also when we celebrated the release of Bigismob Jigiwan Dog, the Kriol…

June 8, 2021·

New Kriol video to keep dogs safe from Ehrlichiosis

Vets and dog lovers are really worried at the moment because a new tick disease called Ehrlichiosis has found its way to Australia and is spreading through remote communities. This…

March 16, 2021·

Main Abija – My Grandad: a new bilingual book from Ngukurr released today!

Today sees the release of Main Abija – My Grandad, a new autobiographical picture book, written and illustrated by Karen Rogers from Ngukurr. Main Abija is a tribute to a…

Cover image of the children's book Main Abija

December 10, 2020·

Main Abija: a new Kriol picture book for 2021

News has reached us that in March 2021, a new Kriol book will released and we can’t wait to see it. Main Abija (My Grandad) is an autobiographical picture book…

December 2, 2020·

New resources released: Kriol alphabet flashcards and wall frieze

Last year, Meigim Kriol Strongbala worked with Batchelor Press to create a brand new Kriol Elfabet (alphabet) poster, featuring all the sounds of Kriol: 21 single-letter sounds and 14 two-letter…

September 29, 2020·

Meigim Kriol Strongbala celebrates International Translation Day

In 2017, the United Nations declared that September 30 would be International Translation Day. This day recognises that the world is an incredibly multilingual place and that those of us…

September 1, 2020·

Celebrating Kriol literacy on Indigenous Literacy Day

September 2, 2020 is Indigenous Literacy Day – an annual event created by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. A number of events are planned for Indigenous Literacy Day and it’s a…

June 5, 2020·

Supporting resources for Bigismob Jigiwan Dog

This week, Meigim Kriol Strongbala celebrated the release of Bigismob Jigiwan Dog, the Kriol translation of the 2013 hit picture book Too Many Cheeky Dogs, by Johanna Bell and Dion…

June 2, 2020·

Bigismob Jigiwan Dog: Cheeky Dogs get cheeky in a new language

When Tennant Creek’s famous ‘Cheeky Dogs’ artist Dion Beasley teamed up with writer Johanna Bell to create the 2013 picture book Too Many Cheeky Dogs, they couldn’t have predicted the…

May 15, 2020·

Kriol version of Too Many Cheeky Dogs – released June 2!

Not many books from the Territory become as popular and loved as the 2013 picture book Too Many Cheeky Dogs. It became an instant hit combining the vibrant, adorable art…

April 23, 2020·

Kriol to feature on postage stamp

Kriol is a minority language, which means it lacks the prestige and visibility of ‘majority’ world languages such as English, Italian and Arabic. Minority languages are often invisible, spoken at…

April 2, 2020·

Coronavirus posters in Kriol

Artist and writer Chips Mackinolty with help from the Northern Land Council and AMSANT has produced a series of posters with health messages to limit the spread of Coronavirus/Covid-19. We…

March 18, 2020·

Kriol songs with Ngukurr FaFT

Mothers, staff and the little ones at Ngukurr FaFT (Families as First Teachers) have continued doing great work with Meigim Kriol Strongbala this year. Last year, they were busy translating…

March 16, 2020·

Coronavirus information in Kriol (updated April 13)

With the Coronavirus situation getting more critical, having information available in Kriol is vital to ensure that clear and current information reaches everybody, including Kriol-speaking communities. We have found…

February 7, 2020·

Kriol songs for younger kids

At Ngukurr School, the Meigim Kriol Strongbala program has been regularly visiting a class made up of a boisterous and adorable bunch of 7 and 8 year olds. Part of…

December 5, 2019·

Kriol Alphabet poster released

When we started the Meigim Kriol Strongbala project earlier this year, one of our main goals was to create more education and literacy resources for Kriol. Without high-quality resources, Kriol…

December 2, 2019·

Kriol Movie Review – Monster-in-law

This maybe a world-first: a Kriol movie review! Dawson Daniels has been practising writing Kriol and just for fun wrote a synopsis and review of the 2005 movie Monster-in-law, starring…

October 25, 2019·

Word on the Street (in Ngukurr) – What do you think of the Panda Shop?

This week we took to the streets of Ngukurr to ask residents what they think of the newest shop in the community – the Panda Shop – which opened in…

October 20, 2019·

ABC News in Kriol returns

ABC News in Kriol has returned to being broadcast three times a week.

October 3, 2019·

Word On The Street – What did you think of the AFL Grand Final?

This week we took to the streets to ask people in Ngukurr: What did you think of the AFL Grand Final? “Lilbit boring nomo bin eni fan.” (A bit…

October 1, 2019·

Book translation comes to life with Minister of Education visit

Over several months, the Meigim Kriol Strongbala program has been visiting Ngukurr’s Families as First Teachers (FaFT) playgroup to help mothers and workers translate a popular children’s book into Kriol. The chosen…

September 18, 2019·

Kriol book featured in Australian Reading Hour

On Thursday September 19, the Australian Reading Hour initiative asks Australians to spend an hour reading on their own or to children, highlighting the multifaceted benefits of reading like relaxation,…

September 2, 2019·

ABC News in Kriol reduced to weekly bulletin

ABC’s Indigenous language news services have recently been cut from daily bulletins (Monday to Friday) to weekly, a change affecting all three languages involved: Yolngu Matha, Warlpiri and Kriol.

August 9, 2019·

We Are Australian Translation

We received an email from St Joseph’s College in Katherine.