ORGANISATION HISTORY

Our organisation was founded in 2002 as the Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Incorporated (ACRA). The original focus was to revive the Awabakal language and culture in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Lower Hunter Valley. Awabakal was listed as an extinct language and one of the first languages in Australia to have stopped being spoken.

Since 2008 the organisation has operated under the trading name Miromaa Aboriginal Language & Technology Centre (MALTC) – a more accurate reflection of its national and global role in language revitalisation and advocacy. MALTC’s journey of reclamation and empowerment through innovation has shaped what the organisation has become today.

INDUSTRY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

FOUNDER & GENERAL MANAGER

Gamilaraay and Wiradjuri man Daryn McKenny is founder and General Manager of MALTC. It was his vision that saw the need to create a software program for Aboriginal use to stop the loss of their languages.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daryn McKenny is also a MALTC board director. The organisation is governed by a Board of Directors known as ‘The Management Committee’ with a membership limited to ten (10) members. All members of MALTC's board identify as Aboriginal. 

SECTOR AFFILIATIONS

MEMBERSHIPS

• Mandurah Hunter Indigenous Business Chamber Inc.
• First Languages Australia

BOARD POSITION

• First Languages Australia