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EPISODE · May 17, 2025 · 6 MIN

Remote First Nations communities celebrate million-book milestone

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If you live in a town or a city in Australia, the chances are that you'll find it easy to find a book to read. Bookshops, local libraries, department stores - they're all places where it's easy to get your literary fix. But if you're hours away from the nearest town of any size, down difficult dirt roads, or even not served by a road at all, none of those are viable options.And that's where the Indigenous Literacy Foundation comes in. They've just passed the milestone of a million books, many in First Languages, sent to around 500 remote Indigenous communities.If you live in a town or a city in Australia, the chances are that you'll find it easy to find a book to read. Bookshops, local libraries, department stores - they're all places where it's easy to get your literary fix. But if you're hours away from the nearest town of any size, down difficult dirt roads, or even not served by a road at all, none of those are viable options.And that's where the Indigenous Literacy Foundation comes in. They've just passed the milestone of a million books, many in First Languages, sent to around 500 remote Indigenous communities.

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