Meet the teacher reviving the Woi Wurrung language

Sherryn Groch

By Sherryn Groch
Published September 9, 2016

When Mathew Gardiner picks up the phone, there is a smile in his voice. The Wurundjeri man has just had a “breakthrough” with the Preps he teaches twice a week at Melton West Primary School.

Matthew Gardiner is loving teaching kids the local Woi Wurrung language

This is Gardiner’s first stint in the classroom and the subject could not be more personal.

Now in his second ...

This story appeared in the September 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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