Eddie Russell
NAIDOC Week events will be held throughout Melton and Moorabool to celebrate the culture and history of First Nations people.
For Melton residents, NAIDOC Week, which is from July 7-14, will start early on July 5, kicking off ‘Meet the Rainbow Serpent’, a session for children to interact with native animals featured in Dreamtime stories.
It will take place from 11am-12pm at Bridge Road Children’s and Community Centre in Strathtulloh.
Movie buffs can look forward to NAIDOC Week Film Festival, which will screen three films about the lives of Indigenous people and their achievements.
Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub will host sessions on Monday, July 8 for at 1pm and Wednesday, July 10 at 6pm, while the Melton Library and Learning Hub will run a screening at 6pm on Thursday, July 11.
Bookings are essential for all events.
In Moorabool, Wurundjeri Traditional Owner Daniel Ross will perform a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony on the Village Green at 10:30am on Tuesday, July 9.
On Thursday, July 11 residents can join award winning poet, storyteller, and singer Uncle Barry Gilson for an evening of Wadawurrung stories from 5.30-6.30pm.
Rounding out the celebrations on Friday, July 12 at 2pm is a Murrup Live Art Session at Ballan Neighbourhood House hosted by Wadawurrung woman Jenna Oldaker.
