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Jagera Daran Cultural Heritage Display
In May this year, Jagera Daran installed a cultural heritage display at the Brookfield District Museum.
With support from the What’s your nature? initiative, Jagera Daran have created a permanent display of artefacts at the museum important for creating awareness and cultural learning in the broader community.
Much of the cultural material on display at the Brookfield museum was hand made by Mr James Bonner who used traditional techniques and tools. Jagera Daran’s cultural heritage display has encouraged understanding and appreciation of the use of and cultural significance of nature to Aboriginal people.
What’s your nature? is an initiative delivered through a joint partnership of the organisations listed below, through funding from the Australian Government.
Hello!Welcome to the July 2015 edition of the Aboriginal Natural Resource Management newsletter.
This edition looks at some successful community projects and upcoming events to take place this year, as well as current funding opportunities.
I will be taking leave over the next month from July 8 - August 12.
Should you need to contact SEQ Catchments while I am away, please contact Louise Orr at [email protected].
I hope you enjoy this newsletter and I look forward to hearing about other projects or stories that you may want to share in future newsletters.
Bree Pinner
Traditional Owner and Indigenous Engagement Officer
INDIGENOUS NRM| JUNE 2015
EventsQuandamooka festival July—September: Celebrating country, culture and peopleSEQ Catchments is a proud sponsor of the first Quandamooka festival to take place over the next three months from July - September.
CEO of the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation, Cameron Costello believes the festival will provide a unique opportunity for people to experience and celebrate the culture of the Nughi, Nunukul and Goenpul clans of Quandamooka.
“Hear our dreaming stories from Winnam (Wynnum), Narlung (Manly), Cullen-Cullen (Wellington Point), Mulgumpin (Moreton Island), Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), Nandeebie (Cleveland), Canaipa (Russell Island), Jencoomercha (Macleay Island), Ngudooroo (Lamb Island), Coochie Mudlo Island, Turkroorar (Peel Island), Tangeera (Green Island), Noogoon (St Helena) and Bungumba (Mud Island) and deepen your understanding of this area”.
Activities for all ages have been planned across Brisbane, Redlands and the Moreton Bay region to celebrate the culture, country and people of the Quandamooka region.
The festival includes cultural tours, art exhibitions and workshops, traditional song and dance, outdoor film nights, Black History Month events, markets, whale watching tours, sailing regattas, sculpture and photography competitions,
Quandamooka land & sea discovery days, speakers forums and plenty more.
Festival Highlights
• YURA! Opening Celebrations day on 4 July at Goompi (Dunwich), Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), followed by NAIDOC week celebrations.
• Yura Djalungbilla - Welcome of the Whales Festival on 25 July at Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island.
• The Quandamooka Quiz and Comedy Night, hosted by Indigenous comedian Sean Choolburra, on 25 September.
• Pacific Tides Festival on 8 August at Cleveland.
• 4 Islands Sail and Sculpture Festival throughout the Southern Moreton Bay Islands, starting 1 August.
• Ongoing whale watching and cultural tours.
• Quandamooka artists showcases at the Manly Markets and RedFest, Cleveland.
• Activities in the Brisbane area, including art exhibitions and Black History Month events.
• Kunjiel Corroboree Closing Ceremony, featuring traditional dancers, live music, workshops and markets, on the weekend of 26-27 September, North Stradbroke Island.
www.quandamookafestival.com.au.
NAIDOC WEEK, 5- 12 JULY 2015
Theme: We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate
This year’s theme highlights Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ strong spiritual and cultural connection to land and sea.
NAIDOC week is an opportunity to pay respects to country; honour those who work to preserve land, sea and culture and to share the stories about significant sites or sacred places.
To find more information and events happening around South East Queensland visit www.naidoc.org.au
NAIDOC Celebrations
Pamanyungan Elders NAIDOC Dinner Dance, Saturday, 11 July, Caboolture RSL Club, Caboolture
Celebrate NAIDOC with at the Pamanyungan Elders NAIDOC Dinner Dance. The event includes a 3 course meal featuring traditional foods, Gold Coast Magicians with table magic and show, Angus Rabbitt and Band, trivia and auctions for a night of celebration, reconciliation and sharing time in this important week.
For more information please contact Kim Reid at [email protected]
Logan City NAIDOC Family Fun Day, Wednesday, July 8, Logan City, 10am
The Ganyjuu organisation have organised a free event to showcase the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Logan City Catchment. The family day will include free local entertainment, rides, activities and food.
For more information contact Ganyjuu at [email protected].
Photo: QYAC
SEQ Catchments Level 2, 183 North Quay, Brisbane 4000 Ph: 3211 4404Fax: 3211 4405
Bree PinnerTraditional Owner & Indigenous Engagement Support Officer
E : [email protected]: 0437 645 127
Make your own mini bark Canoe, Tuesday July 7, Caloundra Regional Gallery, 1.30 - 3.30pm
The Caloundra Regional Gallery are hosting a NAIDOC activity where people can get involved in making their own mini Bark Canoe out of Pikki Bean Palm. Lyndon Davis and Brent Miller, traditional Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi Custodians, will present storytelling on local traditional Aboriginal history. The community can hear about traditional Bark Canoe and Fish Net Making revitalisation projects, and learn about the different processes needed to make a traditional Aboriginal Bark Canoe.
The event includes a Welcome to Country with Didgeridoo presentation and traditional fire lighting.
Bookings are essential. Cost $8 per child or $20 family up to three children (parents/carers free). Contact the gallery for bookings on (07) 5420 8299.
Musgrave Family Fun Day, Friday July 10, Musgrave Park, 8am - 5pm
This year the Musgrave family fun day will have dance, free kids rides, sideshow alley, traditional food, an elders tent, arts and crafts, live performances, information stalls, a live radio broadcast, face painting and more for the whole family to enjoy. Entry is by gold donation.
City of Ipswich NAIDOC Family and Cultural Celebration, Thursday, July 9, Briggs Road Sports Club, 121-135 Briggs Road, Flinders view, 10am - 2pm
The City of Ipswich this year will host a family fun day which includes arts and crafts, rides and entertainment, food and information stalls.
For more information contact Ipswich City Council on (07) 3810 6655
GrantsOur Land, our futureThe Indigenous Land Corporation (ICL) has launched their new program, Our Land Our Future. In this program, ILC have developed a funding stream aimed at working with Indigenous groups and potential co-investors to support land management projects.
This funding stream has an open timeline and no application forms. It relies on Aboriginal groups contacting ILC directly to discuss ideas for sustainable land management project which might include:
• Tourism and eco-tourism businesses
• Access and protection of culturally significant sites
• Protection or restoration of culturally significant landscapes • Pastoral businesses
• Land-based enterprises creating employment opportunities for indigenous people
For more information please visit: www.ilc.gov.au/Home/Our-Land-Program