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1. NAIDOC Family Day - Bankstown

   The Donovans Smoking Ceremony and Children's Blessing Didgeridoo performance Amusement rides - Jumping castle, blow up slide, tea cup ride Free BBQ Face painting Traditional Games Art and Craft stalls Aboriginal performances Aboriginal dancing Torres Strait Islander art Much more...

2. Movie Screening: We Don't Need a Map

   We Don’t Need A Map is an epic telling of Australia's history, told through our collective relationship to one famous constellation. It is a challenging, poetic essay about who we are as a nation.
3. NAIDOC Celebration at the Brunswick Ballroom
   DOORS 6.30PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 8PM Brunswick Ballroom's NAIDOC Celebration Thursday 7th July featuring live music from: IZY Jess Hitchcock Lauren Sheree Madi Coville-Walker Doors 6.30pm Entry $20 or free for mob Reserved Seating available Izy (pronounced eye-zee), are p

4. Doris Eaton

   Doris Eaton is an Elder and respected law woman of the Nyamal people of the north Pilbara region in Western Australia.

   Doris is an active mentor to young people in the community and her own 23 grandchildren, including Brandon Walters who recently starred in the film Australia.

5. NAIDOC history

   NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

6. Live local Original First Nations Celebration

   Drag, dance, didge, deadly poetry and music.
7. Parrwang Lifts the Sky
   A Dreamtime story for all ages Parrwang the Magpie is the hero in this family opera based on a traditional Wadawurrung story. Did you know that the Magpies created the first dawn?* A long time ago…. The sky was a blanket on the land. The earth was in darkness and the people were afraid.

8. Dreamtime Markets

   Dreamtime Markets and Fun Day Indigenous and non Indigenous arts, crafts, businesses Local producers, Local artists and artisans Performers and demonstrators We are particularly keen to encourage onsite activities such as artists working on a piece, potters creating pieces (limitations of site perm

9. Deadly Damper-Making

   Drop into this delicious workshop to learn how to make ‘mereny’ – that’s Noongar for bread!

10. Weaving Rhiannon and Leanne

    Drop-in to this free, all ages, weaving workshop led by Dharug artists and educators Rhiannon Wright and Leanne Watson.