Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre, formerly the Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association, is an Australian community organisation servicing the
Awabakal people
The Awabakal people , are those Aboriginal Australians who identify with or are descended from the Awabakal tribe and its clans, Indigenous to the coastal area of what is now known as the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Their traditional te ...
in coastal New South Wales. The organisation has developed a software program Miromaa, which means "saved" in
Awabakal language
Awabakal (also Awabagal or the Hunter River – Lake Macquarie, often abbreviated HRLM ) language is an Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken around Lake Macquarie and Newcastle in New South Wales. The name is derived from ''Awaba'', w ...
, to provide the necessary skills to Aboriginal communities around Australia to assist in the preservation and dissemination of the endangered traditional languages of Aboriginal Australia.
In 2007, they came second in the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Innovation Award, and joint winner of the Australian Community ICT Award for software development.
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Website
Organisations serving Indigenous Australians
Awabakal
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