Dr Stan Grant Senior developed the Wiradjuri language, culture and heritage course at Charles Sturt University.
As soon as you arrive in the town of Wagga Wagga, you are greeted you with Wiradjuri language. “We Wiradjuri people welcome you all to Wiradjuri Country,” the sign reads at the regional airport. You see the language written around the town centre, at Wagga beach and on tee-shirts. For the students graduating from the Wiradjuri language, culture and heritage course at Charles Sturt University, Wagga is a special place. It's a place they feel connected to.
Mr Simpson says he enjoyed the course to the point where his other classmates would call him the ‘teachers pet’. He says the nickname starkly contrasted his journey within the Western education system. “I never even finished Year 10 so for me to start and complete a university course is an amazing effort. The graduation has to be one of the proudest moments of my life. “Going into a university course, it was intimidating.
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