Australia

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Indigenous signs for "Australia"

Illustrations in the literature

"Australia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 12.)

Spoken languages

English

Sign languages

Australasian Sign Language

Australian Sign Language

Australian Aborigines Sign Language

Related sign languages:

British Sign Language

American Sign Language

Irish Sign Language

Population of Deaf/deaf people

The population of the signers of Australian Sign Language: 14,000

Ethnologue, 16th Edition

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Deaf Australia (WFD member, cited from WFD website)

http://deafau.org.au

Australian Association of the Deaf (WFD member, data in 2002, cited from "Signs of country names" (Japanese edition, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 2002. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf))

Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Johnston, Trevor, ed. 1998. Signs of Australia : a new dictionary of Auslan (the sign language of the Australian deaf community), 2nd ed. North Rocks, NSW, Australia: North Rocks Press, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.

Johnston, Trevor. 1989. AUSLAN Dictionary. A dictionary of the sign language of the Australian deaf community. Victoria : Aust. Print Group.

Australasian Sign Language

Jeanes, Raymond C., Brian E. Reynolds and Bernadette C. Coleman. 1989. Dictionary of Australasian signs for communication with the deaf, 2nd ed. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Victorian School for Deaf Children.

Jeanes, Raymond C., Brian E. Reynolds and Bernadette C. Coleman. 1989. Dictionary of Australasian signs for communication with the deaf, 3nd ed. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Victorian School for Deaf Children.

Walpiri Sign Language

Wright, Cheryl D. 1980. Walpiri hand talk: an illustrated dictionary of hand signs used by the Walpiri people of central Australia. Darwin, NT: Northern Territory Department of Education.

Bibliography

Monaghan, Leila. 2003. A world's eye view: Deaf cultures in global perspective. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 15.

Sutton-Spence, Rachel. 2003. British manual Alphabets in the education of Deaf people since the 17th century. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 27.

Roth, Walter E. 1978. The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. In: Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 273-301.

Aranda Sign Language

Strehlow, Carl. 1978. The sign language of the Aranda. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 349-370

Jaralde Sign Language

Berndt, R.M. 1940. Notes on the sign-language of the Jaralde tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 397-402.

Manjiljarra Sign Language

Quek, Joan. Summer 1991. Occasions for sign use in an Australian Aborigine community. In: Sign Language Studies 71. 143-160.

Murngin Sign Language

Warner, W. Lloyd. 1978. Murngin Sign Language. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 389-392.

Ngada Sign Language

Mountford, C.P. 1978. Gesture language of the Ngada tribe of the Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press, 393-396.

Torres Straits Islander Sign Language

Haddon, Alfred C. 1907. The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders. In: Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Cambridge, England: The University Press, v.3.

Walbiri Sign Language

Meggit, Mervyn. 1978. Sign language among the Walbiri of Central Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 409-423.

Western Desert Sign Language

Miller, Wick R. 1978. A report on the sign language of the Western Desert (Australia). In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 435-440.

Worora Kinship Sign Language

Love, J.R.B. 1941. Worora kinship gestures. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 403-405.

Films and videos

Sign Media Inc. ed. 1990. Signs around the world. Australia. Burtonsville, Maryland: SMI (30 min.)

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Notes