Celebrate NAIDOC Week in Blacktown City
Thursday, June 26, 2008
NAIDOC Week will be celebrated across Blacktown City with many FREE events on offer for residents and their families to enjoy between 6 - 13 July, 2008.
NAIDOC WEEK provides a platform to promote awareness, recognition and an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' history and culture. This year in 2008, NAIDOC Week has been themed Advance Australia Fair to encourage people to reflect on the Australian principle of a "Fair go" and for people to consider the inequalities still experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia today.
NAIDOC Week events taking place across Blacktown City include two Family Fun Days in Blacktown and Emerton.
The Emerton Family Fun Day will be held at Emerton Youth Recreation Centre on Tuesday, July 8 between 10am - 3pm and will feature workshops, beading, face painting, traditional Aboriginal games, a BBQ, Oz Tag, basketball and traditional foods.
Blacktown Arts Centre will host a Koori Family Fun Day on Saturday, July 12 between 12pm - 3pm and will feature film, community stalls, art displays and workshops, sports clinics, stalls, face painting, BBQ food and more.
The day will also feature the painting of a mural by local Aboriginal artists Jamie Eastwood and Jason Wing.
For more details on the two Family Fun Days and the many other activities taking place across Blacktown City during NAIDOC Week, please see the following page.
- Celebrating NAIDOC Week in Blacktown City
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Music Performance
10am to 3pm
Saturday 5 July
Special Guest Christine Anu.
WestPoint, level 4 stage
- Celebrating NAIDOC Week at Blacktown City Libraries
Aboriginal Storytelling with Karen Donnelly
10am to 11am
Tuesday 8 July- Friday 18 July
Lalor Park - Blacktown - Mt Druitt - Riverstone Libraries
Stories include Aboriginal Storytelling, Pocketful of Stories, Blast Off! and Rainbow Fish.
No bookings required, just turn up. For further information, call Blacktown City Libraries on 9839 6677.
- FREE Community Family Fun Day - Emerton
11am to 5pm
Tuesday, July 8
Emerton Youth Recreation Centre, Corner Copeland and Jersey Road, Emerton
· Workshops · Beading · Face painting · Traditional Aboriginal Games · BBQ · Oz Tag · Basketball · Traditional Foods
For enquires contact 9628 9292
- FREE KOORI FAMILY FUN DAY - Blacktown
10am to 3pm
Saturday, July 12
Blacktown Arts Centre, corner 78 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
A Mini Family Fair at Blacktown Arts Centre involving Children's Film, community stalls, art displays and workshops, sports clinics, stalls, face painting, BBQ food and drinks & light entertainment.
Other Indigenous activities taking place outside of NAIDOC Week in Blacktown City include the exhibition;
- ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT
16 July - 23 August
Blacktown Arts Centre, 78 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
Local Indigenous artists including Jamie Eastwood and Jason Wing will collaborate with the local community to produce a mural at the 2008 NAIDOC Koori Family Fun Day (Saturday 12 July). Experimenting with creative techniques, the artists will blend contemporary stencilling and traditional mark-making methods to create a distinctive mural that reflects contemporary Indigenous ideas and issues. Following the Koori Family Fun Day, the community mural will be on display at Blacktown Arts Centre and will continue to be a creative feature at future community events.