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2024 National Day of Healing Photographic Exhibition at Ballarat Library
The City of Ballarat Koorie Engagement Action Group Advisory Committee invited Community one and all to commemorate National Day of Healing with a powerful photographic exhibition as requested by Ballarat Elder and Stolen Generation survivor Uncle Murray Harrison.
This exhibition was one of the first to be shown up on the Ballarat Library's new hanging spaces and was on show for the Official Opening of the newly refurbished Ballarat Library.
The selection of the Taken photographs on exhibition features local and national Stolen Generations victims from across Australia.
By promoting the Central Highlands collection's addition of new resources such as The Taken in the lead up to the event and across National Reconciliation Week 2024 there was an uptake in new Library Memberships by First Nations locals.
Library members can book the new Makers Space (after a short induction), FREE Linkedin Learning membership and so many other wonderful library assets.
OPENING EVENT - 2pm, Sunday 26th May - 178 Doveton St, Ballarat Central
- Uncle Alan Harris healing Yidaki and speech. MC Sarah Jane Hall, Healthy Mind & Soul.
- Photographer Talk with David G. Jones and Local Community Members featured in exhibition - Aunty Charmaine Clarke and Peter Kennedy Jnr.
- Sorry Day badge making with City of Ballarat Youth Eventsters.
- THE TAKEN 15minute video installation screened daily
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NAIDOC 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024
National Reconciliation Week 2024
The Arthur Rylah Institute will be hosting a hybrid seminar Working together to understand the impacts of Cultural Burning at 1pm on Monday 27 May.
This seminar will feature Blair Gilson (Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation) who will tell us about the cultural burning program on Wadawurrung Country and its cultural significance.
This will be followed by Dr Brad Farmilo (ARI) who will discuss the monitoring element of the project, and what we have learned so far.
National Reconciliation Week - Monday 27th May 2024
10:30am City of Ballarat Flag-raising and Wadawurrung Cultural Ceremony to mark the beginning of National Reconciliation Week 2024 for one and all at 225 Sturt St, Ballarat Central.
Followed by Morning Tea Yarning Circle "Reconciliation Action - what's happening in Ballarat?" Ballarat Town Hall Trench Room
Ballarat Reconciliation Events 2024
The Taken Exhibition and Video
BALLARAT LIBRARY EXHIBITION
EXTENDED to MID JUNE
BALLARAT LIBRARY EXHIBITION
EXTENDED to MID JUNE
New Book in the Library cataloque is complemented this Reconcilational Week with David G. Jones' photos featuring national and local Stolen Generations survivors. Uncle Murray Harrison calls for you to share this event and to head down and have a look at this collection of powerful images.
EXTENDED EXHIBITION DATES
FREE
BALLARAT LIBRARY
DOVETON ST
City of Ballarat Flag Raising followed by Morning Tea Yarning Circle
Monday 27th May
10:30am Flag raising and Wadawurrung Ceremony to mark the Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the beginning of National Reconciliation Week followed by 11am - 12:15pm:
Morning Tea and Yarning Circle event hosted upstairs at the Trench Room,
Ballarat Town Hall. Speakers:
- Yarrowee River Heritage Project
- Yarning Garden
- Ballarat Allies
- KEAG Advisory Committee
Create space at your place – gardening for wildlife
Create space at your place – gardening for wildlife
Free Guided Tour
Wednesday 29 May 11.00 am
45 - 60 minutes
Dress for all weather
Enjoy the trees and beautiful floral beds of the Botanic Gardens on this guided tour to discover simple ways we can create a safe haven for local native plants and animals in our own gardens. Learn why this is important and how to join the growing band of Garde
Free Guided Tour
Wednesday 29 May 11.00 am
45 - 60 minutes
Dress for all weather
Enjoy the trees and beautiful floral beds of the Botanic Gardens on this guided tour to discover simple ways we can create a safe haven for local native plants and animals in our own gardens. Learn why this is important and how to join the growing band of Gardeners For Wildlife.
Venue: Ballarat Botanic Gardens; Meet outside between the Robert Clark Centre and Conservatory (Large Glass House)
Ages: All ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Other: Maximum 20 participants.
Wheelchair accessible tour (some paths can be boggy after rains.)
Free take home information
Contact: anita.kane88@gmail.com
Facing Up @ WPAC #NRW2024 special event
CANCELLED EVENT Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch
Create space at your place – gardening for wildlife
Theatre Event
Tuesday 28th May 7pm
45min play followed by a Q&A
For community members, educators, secondary and tertiary school groups, and local government representatives and officials committed to learning more about reconciliation, "Facing Up" offers a powerful platform for reflection, dialogue, and collective action. Don't miss this ch
Theatre Event
Tuesday 28th May 7pm
45min play followed by a Q&A
For community members, educators, secondary and tertiary school groups, and local government representatives and officials committed to learning more about reconciliation, "Facing Up" offers a powerful platform for reflection, dialogue, and collective action. Don't miss this chance to be part of this experience during Reconciliation Week.
FACING UP by Lynden Nicholls combines historical records and personal stories to create a compelling theatrical experience. The play presents familiar events, such as the 1967 referendum, the enquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody, and the Tent Embassy, while also revealing lesser-known, powerful moments that evoke a sense of urgency for change and progress.
DURATION
45 minute show with a 30 minute Q and A
WARNINGS
Facing Up references some incidents in First Nations history that could be upsetting to some.
Suitable for a general audience.
Facing Up in partnership with Wendouree Performing Arts Centre discounted tickets for #NRW2024
CREDITS
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Lynden Nicholls
CAST
Trudy Fatnowna Edgeley
Zerene Jaadwa
Shannon Nicholls
CULTURAL ADVISER
Tammy Gilson
EDUCATION PACKAGE
Hermione Higgins and Deb Lowah Clark
(available on request)
CANCELLED EVENT Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch
CANCELLED EVENT Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch
CANCELLED EVENT Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch
CANCELLED EVENT
One show only at
Ballarat Civic HalL
SWING INTO THE SUNSHINE CLUB WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ROMANCES BLOOM.
HIT Productions is proud to be presenting this important Australian work in Ballarat.
It’s the summer of 1946, and the war is over. Aboriginal soldier Frank Doyle has spent years fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with
CANCELLED EVENT
One show only at
Ballarat Civic HalL
SWING INTO THE SUNSHINE CLUB WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ROMANCES BLOOM.
HIT Productions is proud to be presenting this important Australian work in Ballarat.
It’s the summer of 1946, and the war is over. Aboriginal soldier Frank Doyle has spent years fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with troops from all over Australia, but when he steps onto the Brisbane wharf he finds some things haven’t changed.
Filled with hope and defiance, Frank sets up his own ballroom, The Sunshine Club, where everyone is invited to meet, mingle and sway the night away.
Queensland Theatre audiences first fell in love with The Sunshine Club in 1999. The First Nations artists behind it are now household names. Just when the world needs a beacon of hope, this glorious musical classic is here to leave you grinning and tapping your toes.
Healing (Sorry Day) and Truth-telling
Ballarat Schools Sorry Day Event
The Taken - Photo Exhibition Acknowledging Stolen Generations
Annual collaborative event by Loreto College Ballarat, St Patrick's College and Damascus College to mark National Sorry Day.
Friday 24th May
9:30am Official Welcome and Smoking Ceremony
10am Sorry Day Service and VIP Guest Speaker
10:30am Morning tea for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and community members, students and their families.
Contact: Nicolle Orr NOrr@loreto.vic.edu.au
The Taken - Photo Exhibition Acknowledging Stolen Generations
The Taken - Photo Exhibition Acknowledging Stolen Generations
JOIN US @ Ballarat Central Library
178 Doveton St
Sunday 26th May 2024
to mark
National Day of Healing across #NRW2024
NOW UNTIL MID JUNE
THE TAKEN - Photographic Exhibition
by David G. Jones in collaboration with Stolen Generations survivors of Australia and will be up on show until 5th June 2024.
Event co-designed with survivor and
Ballarat Elder Uncle Murray Harrison.
#NRW2024 #LocalStories #StolenGenerations
#SorryDay
contact: lenkavanderboom@ballarat.vic.gov.au
or
Ballarat Library
PARRWANG LIFTS THE SKY VICTORIAN OPERA
PARRWANG LIFTS THE SKY VICTORIAN OPERA
Friday 24th May 1pm and 7pm
Saturday 25th May - 2pm
Victorian Opera is once again proud to present this family show, inspired by the Wadawurrung story of Parrwang, the courageous magpie who saved the world.
Parrwang Lifts The Sky is part Victoria Opera's family and education program
at Ballarat Civic Hall as part of
Ballarat Heritage Festival
Based on an original creation story from Wadawurrung Country.
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