Hi my name is Connie Ahsee, I'm a Wiradjuri woman
from Wellington in New South Wales. I'm going to talk a bit about 
Aboriginal language and why it's so important from  
an Aboriginal person's point of view, is that I can't speak  
my language. One of the reasons is that my Nan when she was little, 
growing up on the mission out at Wellington was that they were 
never allowed to speak language so she never ever passed it on to us.
So my main focus now is Aboriginal languages and the revival
of it in New South Wales. I currently look after 23 schools that
are teaching language across New South Wales, of that we have
about seven languages that are being taught at the moment from 
preschool right through to Year 12.