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I always thought it was a bit harder in Australia, given that the language changes so much across such small distances.
So much of it has been lost too. We could do better, though. Teaching what we can would at least teach the general skill of learning languages.
Indonesian is an underrepresented option in my opinion. They're neighbours and the language is relatively easy. Couldn't hurt to improve relations a bit. Might make a better impression during the customary pilgrimage to Bali.
There are something like 50 different indigenous languages across Australia. That makes it pretty hard to standardise one.