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NAIDOC Week 2009

NAIDOC 2009 'Honouring Our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth'

NAIDOC, which stands for National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, and after which NAIDOC week is named, has become since its inception the prime celebration throughout Australia of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields. NAIDOC Week is 5–7 July 2009. For more information about NAIDOC, visit the National NAIDOC website.

NAIDOC on the Peninsula 09
11 July 2009

Join us for a fun day of FREE entertainment for all the family to celebrate NAIDOC Week!

Presented by AIATSIS with the National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra.

When: Saturday 11 July 2009 at 11am – 3pm

Where: The National Museum of Australia, and The Forecourt, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra.

Transport: A free Action bus shuttle will be available from and to the city during the day. Check the schedule attached below for departure and arrival details.

Two Aboriginal men with an Aboriginal boy. All three are in an interior, in front of a curtain. The men are either side of the boy; they appear to be kneeling down. The boy stands between them, with his arms over their shoulders. All three are naked from the waist up and wear customary body markings in the form of white stripes and dots. The two men wear red-brown coloured headbands. The boy wears a large loincloth of the same colour. The man on the right of the image is bearded and has an animal fur tied around his neck and hanging down his chest. He holds a didjeridu; it rests vertically against his left shoulder. The didjeridu is decorated in customary patterns and animal designs.The man on the left also has a didjeridu, resting vertically against his right shoulder. It has a dark end and customary patterns painted on it.

Photo: Dragi Markovic.

At the National Museum:

Enjoy storytelling with Larry Brandy
Dance with the Wiradjuri Echoes dancers and musicians
Join in the art and craft activities with local artists
Watch or participate in the annual didjeridu competition.

On the AIATSIS Forecourt:

Enjoy children's activities, entertainment and jumping castle
Listen to music from jazz to country performed by local artists featuring Johnny Huckle, Lexine Solomon, Dale Huddleston & The Riverbank Band, Adam Shipp Hip Hop and Phillip 'Yubbagurri' Brown and didgeridu players
Stroll amongst 30+ market stalls featuring Indigenous arts and crafts
Dance along with the ACT Torres Strait Islander Dancers
Bring the family for a picnic or enjoy the BBQ stalls and enjoy the view.

Program

Time	Event	Venue
11am	Welcome and opening	AIATSIS Forecourt
11am–3pm	Market stalls	AIATSIS Forecourt
11am–3pm	'Drop-in' art and craft activities Photographic exhibition – Sharing our history, sharing our future. Albert Namatjira painting historical gift	National Museum Hall
11.30–11.50am	Phillip 'Yubbagurri' Brown with didjeridu players	AIATSIS Forecourt
11.30am–12.25pm	Storytelling with Larry Brandy	National Museum Hall
11.55am–12.15pm	Kids entertainment with Johnny Huckle	AIATSIS Forecourt
12.20–1pm	Lexine Solomon Band: Gospel/Blues/Jazz	AIATSIS Forecourt
12.30–1.15pm	Aboriginal Dance Troupe Wiradjuri Echoes	National Museum Hall
1.20–1.40pm	Aboriginal Dance Troupe Wiradjuri Echoes	AIATSIS Forecourt
1.30–3pm	Didjeridu competition with Phillip 'Yubbagurri' Brown	National Museum Hall
1.45–2.05pm	Entertainment on Main Stage – Adam Shipp Hip Hop	AIATSIS Forecourt
2.10–2.50pm	Entertainment on Main Stage – Dale Huddleston Band	AIATSIS Forecourt

Hall displays at the National Museum of Australia
3–27 July 2009

Sharing Our History, Sharing Our Future

This display presents a diverse range of images of First Australians engaged in storytelling and expressing their cultures and heritage, recorded through the lenses of National Museum of Australia photographers George Serras and Lannon Harley, and freelance photographer Wayne Quilliam.

Namitjira's Gift

This display is a painting by Albert Namatjira that was presented to the girls of Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls Training Home as a gift for those Aboriginal children who had been deprived of family, culture and country. This year the 'Girls' – as they call themselves – formerly of the Cootamundra Home generously donated the painting to the National Museum.

> Read more about Namitjira's Gift

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