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 Growing up in Sydney, Melissa Jackson is of Bundjalung decent with family links to the Baryulgil area near Grafton, New South Wales. Melissa has worked in various NSW government departments before starting work at the State Library of New South Wales in 1991. She has a background in teaching and librarianship and has a Master in Indigenous Language Education from the University of Sydney.
Ground-breaking exhibitions like “Living Language” do not happen without the guidance and direction of Community. Melissa, who is one off the curators of this exhibition, will be sharing how the Library’s extensive consultation with language champions has made this exhibition a brilliant fusion of library collections and lived community experiences. As part of the session, we will have the opportunity to tour the “Living Language: Country, Community, Culture” exhibition in The State Library NSW. This exhibition opened in 2019 to celebrate UNESCO’s Year of Indigenous Language. SLNSW is proud to host this major exhibition shining the spotlight on the sad history but vibrant future of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales.
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