Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Translating The Ode of Remembrance into an Aboriginal language Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet ABC Radio specials Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 5m 37s Country/Territory Australia Date 25/04/18 Description The Ode of Remembrance, recited at every Anzac Day service around Australia, was written in 1914.
Now, 104 years later, the Ode has ben translated into an Aboriginal language - the Noongar language, from the south west of Western Australia.
The man behind the translation is Professor Len Collard from the school of Indigenous studies at the University of Western Australia.
Andrew Collins asks him about the translation, and the reaction from the community.Producer/Author Andrew Collins URL www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/special/the-ode/9696140 Persons Len Collard