Shaun Davies (activist)
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Australia |
| Name wey dem give am | Shaun |
| Family name | Davies |
| Place dem born am | Australia |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Yugambeh, English |
| Ein occupation | linguist, activist, actor, radio personality |
Shaun Davies ALing (/ˈdeɪviːz/ DAY-veez) be Aboriginal Australian language activist, linguist, radio personality, den actor. He be known for ein advocacy work plus de Yugambeh language den culture, as well as appearances insyd various media.
Ein Early den personal life
[edit | edit source]Shaun be member of de Yugambeh people, sam Australian Aboriginal group wey demma traditional lands dey South East Queensland den de Northern Rivers area of New South Wales.[1] Davies be de great-great-grandson of Julia Ford née Sandy (c.1860-1896), sam Aboriginal shoddie wey get de sole tombstone insyd de Deebing Creek Aboriginal Cemetery;[2][3]
While insyd tenth grade Shaun attend sam career expo at de Brisbane Showgrounds, wey Youth For Understanding set up, Davies subsequently do 3-month student exchange program insyd France wey he discover ein passion give endangered languages, like Galician. As he return go Australia wey he inform ein grandmommie Joan den ein sisto, dem make he mow dema language (lingo).[4][5] Shaun mow ein Yugambeh language from ein maternal grandmommie, wey na she dey comot from de Beaudesert area, wey na ein maternal grandpoppie dey komot from Tweed Heads.[6] Davies record talk insyd conversations plus de linguist Margaret Sharpe,[7] ein grandmommie grow up plus Joe Culham,[8] wey Sharpe (then Cunningham) record language from insyd 1968.[9]
Ein Career
[edit | edit source]Shaun be linguist den Language Research Officer for Yugambeh Museum Language den Heritage Research Centre, wey na he dey der since 2015. Describing social media as the new "campfire" and technology's central importance in keeping Indigenous languages alive for future generations, Davies work plus Snapchat, he help plus de development den expansion of de Yugambeh App, den de creation of Google demma 'Woolaroo' – sam open-source photo-translation platform.
In 2020 insyd, Davies get sam voice over role insyd Australian Broadcasting Corporation ein Yugambeh language series Languages of our Land, wey he sana appear for Disney dema Spread the Word movie insyd. De following year, he appear insyd de ABC documentary series Back to Nature wer he guide de hosts through de Yugambeh language den stories wey dey associate plus de Springbrook area.
Insyd March of 2023, na Davies dey appear weekly for Radio National Awaye's Word Up!, wey na each episode dey feature different Yugambeh word den ein history. Shaun return for second consecutive year go perform de Welcome to Country for Screen Forever 37. Dem quote Davies insyd local news article wey dey criticise de failure of NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service say dem no engage plus de Murangburra clan of de Yugambeh people, wey dey condemn de closure of Wollumbin National Park wey esana dey ensue public controversy, wey dem do without de involvement of de local families.
Ein Filmography
[edit | edit source]Radio
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2017 | Learn the Lingo | Co-Host | ABC Gold Coast |
| 2022 | Classic Breakfast | Himself | Interview
ABC Classic |
| 2023 | AWAYE! | Guest | Episodes: Mibuladululbay,[37] Wayjang,[38] Nyliah,[39] Yugambeh[40]
Word Up! Segment Radio National |
Ein Television series
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Spread the Word | Himself | Episode 2: Garu-galen |
| 2020 | Languages of our Land | Voice Over | 10 episodes[26] |
| 2021 | Back to Nature | Himself | Episode 1: The Green Cauldron |
| 2022 | Language and Me | Himself | ABC Special |
| 2022 | Gardening Australia | Linguist & Language Research Officer | Credits for Oh Christmas Tree (Yerrbill with Clarence) |
| 2022 | No Offence! | Himself | Episode 3: Yugambeh |
Ein Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gold Coast Film Festival 20th Anniversary | Voice Over | Mini-Documentary, A Gold Coast Film Festival production;
Also First Nations Linguist |
Ein Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Davies, S. (2022, 27 May - 3 June). Token Politics: The Semiotics of Yugambeh-Bundjalung Ethnonyms [Conference presentation]. Australian Institute for Aboriginal den Torres Strait Islander Studies Summit 2022, Noosa, Qld, Australia.
- Davies, S. (2022, 8 July - 10 July). Your language is dead: Go learn Bundjalung — Those who said Yugambeh [Conference presentation]. Australian Languages Workshop 2022, Dunwich, Queensland: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for de Dynamics of Language. pp. 1–19.
Ein Translations
[edit | edit source]- Deadly Kindy Burragah. (2021). Nyungai Ngullina Nyumbajaburuyah Buuragah | Our Day at Burragah Kindy. Translated by Shaun Davies (Yugambeh Museum), illustrated by Deadly Kindy Burragah. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited. ISBN 0646845810
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Manning 2021, pp. 20:43ff.
- ↑ Riga & Murray 2019.
- ↑ Moore 2019.
- ↑ Logan City Council 2022.
- ↑ Frostick 2022.
- ↑ Webber & Davies 2019.
- ↑ UNE 2017, pp. 2:35ff.
- ↑ First Languages Australia 2018.
- ↑ Cunningham 1968, p. 1.
Read further
[edit | edit source]- ABC Kids (2020). "Languages of our Land" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ABC (2022). "Acknowledgements". ABC Classic.
- Anderson, John (9 January 2017). "'Appendix N: Julia Ford nee Sandy: Notes from Michael Aird on 27 November 2016' in 'An Independent Report for the Future Use of Deebing Creek Aboriginal Cemetery Reserve'". Pi-CaTS Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- Bowern, Claire (19 June 2023). 'The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages'. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-255849-7.
- Cansdale, Dominic (21 September 2021). "Jabree Limited's light rail process sparks concern amongst some in Indigenous community". ABC Gold Coast. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Condon, Matthew (14 May 2023). "Hikers resort to summit 'protest'". The Australian. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- Condon, Matthew (14 May 2023). "'Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?'". The Australian. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- Cultural Institute (2021). "Woolaroo Launch".
- Cunningham, Margaret (1968). The Yugumbir dialect of Bandjalang. University of Queensland.
- Disney (2020). "Spread the Word". Disney Australia and New Zealand.
- Drescher, Joy (7 May 2021). "Joy from Joy". Beaudesert Times.
- First Languages Australia (2018). "Shaun speaking Yugambeh". Wikitongues.
- Faa, Marianne; Byrne, Elizabeth (5 April 2022). "Government to challenge High Court ruling that Indigenous people cannot be considered aliens". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Fischler, Rami (Producer) (15 April 2022). "Language and Me" (Television production) (in English). Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Fischer, Rami (Producer) (16 December 2022). "No Offence!" (Television production) (in English). Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Fordham, Ben (5 February 2024). "'We're looking into it' NSW Governments commits to inquiry into Mt Warning closure". 2GB.
- Frostick, Josh (17 March 2022). "SHAUN DAVIES, LINGUIST AND HISTORIAN". The Weekend Edition Brisbane.
- Gold Coast Sun (3 November 2017). "Burleigh Bora ring to host memorial service for Gold Coast's Yugambeh and Aboriginal servicemen".
- Hinchcliffe, Jessica (10 July 2015). "Language app helps preserve Queensland's Indigenous voices and culture through touch screens".
- Hinchcliffe, Joe (23 April 2022). "Deebing Creek: Aboriginal protesters near former mission threatened with eviction as development looms".
- Karp, Paul (28 July 2022). "Labor drops Coalition bid to overturn high court ruling that Indigenous Australians can't be aliens". The Guardian.
- Kelly, Fran; Ringland, Holly (10 August 2021). "'Back to Nature' takes you on a journey through Australia". Radio National Breakfast, ABC.
- Kruger (2017). "In The Bora Ring: Yugambeh Language and Song Project - An Investigation into the Effects of Participation in the 'Yugambeh Youth Choir', an Aboriginal Language Choir for Urban Indigenous Children" (PDF). Griffith University.
- Logan City Council (November 15, 2021). "PROUD CITY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES". Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Logan City Council (2021). "PROUD CITY - SHAUN". Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- Logan City Council (January 31, 2022). "LINGUIST AND YUGAMBEH MAN SHARES HIS PEOPLE'S STORIES". Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- Marciniak (24 July 2017). "UNE lecturer declared a 'champion' of Aboriginal language". Armidale: University of New England.
- Moore, Tony (22 Feb 2019). "Ipswich mega-city developer warned as Aboriginal grave issue emerges". The Brisbane Times.
- "Back to Nature". MediaSpy. 15 July 2021.
- Nine News (April 2018). "Pauline Hanson Rubbishes call to rename Gold Coast iconic landmarks" (in English). Pauline Hanson's Please Explain - YouTube. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- Riga, Rachel; Murray, Lucy (19 Jan 2019). "Deebing Creek mission protest to halt housing development gathers momentum". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Salleh, Anna (21 Sep 2021). "An invitation to understand country". ABC Science. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ScreenForever (28 March 2022). "Official Opening". Broadbeach, Queensland: Screen Forever.
- Screen Forever (2022). "Speaker Details". Broadbeach, Queensland: Screen Forever. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- Screen Forever (2023). "Day 1 Wrap Up". Broadbeach, Queensland: Screen Forever. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- Screen Forever (2024). "Speaker Details". Broadbeach, Queensland: Screen Forever. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ScreenForever (19 March 2024). "Official Opening". Broadbeach, Queensland: Screen Forever.
- Siemens (17 September 2018). "Siemens Fusesaver facility opening". Yatala, Queensland: Siemens AG.
- State Library QLD (2019). "Spoken: Celebrating Queensland languages".
- van Neerven, Ellen (2018). "Gibam Garandalehn (Full Moon)". The Red Room Company.
- Tourism and Events Queensland (2022). "DestinationQ Forum 2022 Journey to 2032: Building on our strengths Program" (PDF). Queensland Government.
- Webber, Matthew; Davies, Shaun (2019). "Learn The Lingo - ABC Gold Coast". Yugambeh Museum Language and Heritage Research Centre.
- Zaunmayr, Tony (21 February 2022). "Snapchat adds four Indigenous languages to users' lens platform". National Indigenous Times.