NAIDOC Week 2022
NAIDOC Week 2022 will run from 3 to 10 July. It’s a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, but by Australians from all walks of life.
This year the theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! It calls on Australians to actively champion change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We invite you to join us at NAIDOC Week activities listed below.
Native food cooking workshop
Mullum Creations is a social enterprise of the Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place. They work to promote Indigenous culture in the wider community. To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022, Mullum Creations will run a cooking workshop for young people aged 10 to 25 years.
Participants will also learn more about Aboriginal culture and native-inspired food during a Q&A session with qualified chef and proud Gunai, Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta man, Stevie Thorpe.
This event is sold out.
A Djirri Djirri dance workshop
Djirri Djirri will run an interactive dance workshop and teach some of the Creation Narratives connected to the dances. Djirri Djirri is the only Wurundjeri female dance group, and also Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne). Djirri Djirri means Willy Wagtail in Woiwurrung, the language of Wurundjeri people, the Traditional Custodians of Narrm (Melbourne) and surrounds.
This activity is suitable for children aged 3 to 8 years old.
This event is sold out.
Boroondara Reconciliation Strategy
We are committed to providing a welcoming community where the histories, cultures, knowledge, achievements and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are acknowledged, respected, considered and celebrated. We recently launched the Boroondara Reconciliation Strategy 2022–26, which formalises our commitment to reconciliation in Boroondara. It provides a 4-year vision and action plan for implementing reconciliation actions with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (WWCHAC) and other stakeholders in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sector and the broader community.