There are many ways of engaging with Australia's Asian neighbours, One Melbourne school has linked-up with an Indonesian madrassa to help its students learn more about the language and culture of their near neighbour.
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19 National Community Language Schools' Conference
TAFE Queensland South Bank, 66 Ernest, South Brisbane QLD 4101 Saturday April 12, 2025 from 9:00am to 5:00pm Theme: Building Bridges Through Languages
XV NATIONAL COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE IN BRISBANE
AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED The XV National Community Languages School Conference was held on Saturday, October 6, 2018, in Brisbane. Over 120 teachers from over 30 communities from around Australia attended.

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