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Dr Doug Marmion
Language Programs Research Fellow
Originally from Perth, Doug worked as a teacher at Yirara College in Alice Springs, followed by three years as Adult Educator for the community of Walungurru (also known as Kintore). While in central Australia he began learning the Western Desert language and studying linguistics.
This led him to take up a position as Senior Linguist at the Yamaji Language Centre in Geraldton, WA. In this position he worked with speakers of various languages of the Murchison-Gascoyne region including Wajarri, Badimaya, Nhanda, Malgana, Warriyangka, Ngarla (also known as Ngarlawangka) and Wanmala .
Following this he worked on a PhD in linguistics at the Australian National University, writing a description of Wutung, a Papuan language spoken on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.
Doug joined AIATSIS in 2010 as the Language Program Research Fellow. He is responsible for projects and activities relating to language work.