Stan Grant (Wiradjuri elder)

Stan Grant, Sr. is an Elder of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from what is now the south-west inland region of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Grant is one of the few people still living to have heard native speakers of his tribe's Wiradjuri language, having been brought up as a child around native speakers of his grandfather's generation, notably his grandfather.

Grant has been crucial to the reconstruction of the Wiradjuri language along with Dr John Rudder, with whom he travels among the Wiradjuri people and teaching their language. From a small base of anthropological records, they have rebuilt the spoken and sung language among the urban and rural tribal members.

Personal

Grant is married to Elizabeth (Betty) Grant (nee Cameron) who is a Kamilaroi descendent who grew up in the small northern NSW town of Coonabarabran. She is a published author: "My Humpy Home" is a collection of poems and short stories relating her early years.

Grant is the father of Australian and international television personality, Stan Grant, who has had a career as a television personality, and has been employed as a news reader by Seven Network, then CNN based in Hong Kong, and as of 2007 co-presents the nightly television news for Australia's second national broadcaster, SBS TV.

Publications

* "Stories Told By My Grandfather and the Other Old Men"
* "Crossing Cultures"

With Dr John Rudder:

* "Learning Wiradjuri 1-5 (graded texts)"
* "Learning Wiradjuri 1&2 CD"
* "A Teaching Wiradjuri Support CD"
* "Eric Looks for a Friend (PowerPoint book)"
* "Wiradjuri Language Songs for Children"
* "Wiradjuri Language Song Book 2"
* "CD of Wiradjuri Language Songs"
* "Wiradjuri Language – How it works: A Grammar in Everyday English"
* "Wiradjuri Language A First Dictionary of Wiradjuri"
* "Wiradjuri Sentence Book"
* "Wiradjuri Language Black Line Poster Masters"
* "Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters – Book 1" (Colouring-in)
* "Wiradjuri Language Black Line Masters – Book 2 – Learn to Draw"
* "Wiradjuri Language Colouring-in Books 1 and 2"
* "Wiradjuri Language Learn to Draw Books 1 and 2"
* "English Language Blackline Poster Masters of Australian Natural Science & People"
* "Unlabelled Blackline Poster Masters of Australian Natural Science & People"

ee also

*List of Indigenous Australian group names

External links

* [http://rosella.apana.org.au/~jtr/profile.html Profile at rosella.apana.org]
* [http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm Aboriginal languages]