As part of NAIDOC week, Brimbank council is holding a range of free activations and events to celebrate the culture, history and enduring knowledge of First Nations Peoples and their connections to Country.
As part of the activations, a flag raising ceremony will take place at July 8 at the Sunvale Community Park in Sunshine. The event will include a smoking ceremony and a Welcome to Country by a Wurundjeri Elder.
The newly restored artwork in Sunvale Park, Five elements, will also be launched. The indigenous artists of the work, Aunty Lee-Anne Clarke, Aunty Mandi Barton and Dr. Helen Bodycomb, will attend the launch.
Each night during NAIDOC week, art projections will light up the back wall of the Brimbank Community and Civic Centre in Sunshine. The works are part of artist Tahlia Palmer’s Occupation Studies: Agriculture exhibition presented in the level one gallery of the building. Palmer’s art reflects on Aboriginal relationships to land and ongoing connection to Country.
In the same building, locals can view a NAIDOC inspired neon artwork by Aunty Lee-Anne Clarke that illuminates the windows of the Sunshine library.
Award-winning author, musician, storyteller and filmmaker Boori Monty Pryor will perform at Sunshine library on July 7. Boori’s presentation draws on his life experiences, anecdotes and Dreamtime stories.
Brimbank mayor Thuy Dang, invited locals to join in the celebrations and said the council is listening, learning, and working in partnership to build a more respectful and inclusive municipality.
Details: www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/naidoc
