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GULNAY ELDER JOINS TULLY CHILDREN IN PLANTING SEA OF HANDS SEAN DENT LAST week was National Reconciliation Week, a seven-day period when Australians learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The week commemorates two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision. On Friday, the local Tully Community Preschool & Kindergarten, hosted the iconic Sea of Hands installation in their garden area. According to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, “The Sea of Hands is one of our major reconciliation community campaigns. First held on October 12, 1997, in front of Parliament House, Canberra, it was created as a powerful, physical representation of the Citizen’s Statement on Native Title.” Guests of honour included the revered Auntie Marg (Marjorie Kinjun), a traditional owner of the land, a weaver, and daughter to the last Aboriginal ‘King’ of the Gulnay Tribe; and Shane Knuth, State Member for Hill. Auntie Marg delivered the official welcome to Gulnay country, during which she graciously praised the educators for the job they do at the Kindergarten and the children themselves. As well as the children from the
Preschool & Kindergarten, other older indigenous children from schools in the area attended to help commemorate the event. One of the children, Layla from the Tully Primary School had something to say, and she was determined to get it right. She practised and practised, re-writing her speech till she had it just as she wanted. She said she hopes later in life to get a job in the media, specifically in front of the camera, and she was not afraid of the moment as she made her address: “I’ve been helping the community since I was eight years old, and I’m here to help the kids understand what our community is. I’m here for the community and the school,” she said before finishing proudly, “I am Aboriginal and Torres Strait.” The children all had fun, especially while playing music for Auntie Marg and then during the planting of the Sea of Hands, and they were especially well behaved, but the star of the day was Auntie Marg, a gentle, soft-spoken elder who all the adults in attendance knew by name. She seemed to enjoy the recognition she got as she told stories about the old days, and she’s definitely seen a lot in her time. She estimates that she’s almost 90 years old and that she was probably born in the thirties, although she wasn’t sure of her birthday. CONTINUES PG3
Screaming Jets Rock Mission Beach One More Time
SEAN DENT SOME good old-time Aussie rock’n’roll came to visit Mission Beach Resort last Saturday in the form of the Screaming Jets, whose Dirty Thirty Tour celebrates three decades of raging fans and chart-topping albums. Nearly 300 devotees, some old and some very new, turned up to celebrate what could fairly be described as a party on both sides. About half of the crowd appeared to be original fans from the 90s, in their 50s and 60s age-wise and able to belt out the lyrics in perfect time with the band, creating an atmosphere of pure exhilaration. Some younger fans in their 20s and 30s also turned up, and a few fans younger than ten years old – too young to be allowed inside the enclosure – watched from behind the fence with their parents, sometimes scaling it to get a better look. The throng seemed a little shy at first, reluctant to get too close, but lead singer Dave Gleeson introduced the band’s arrival on stage by belting out one of their old favourites and then announcing, “Just gonna do up me fly,” to raucous laughter. That seemed to settle everyone
down and the party was on. They started off quite lively, and the fans sent the good vibes right back at them, bouncing and swaying their way through the opening songs, which seemed to feed the rockers more and more as the set went on. By the second hour, the band was pure rocking it. In Gleeson’s words: “Thirty years of touring the country, 30 years of getting it on… don’t know if you think that’s a good thing or not.” Backstage, after the concert, Gleeson said that he noticed some very young fans. One family brought their three daughters who looked somewhere between four years of age and seven. Gleeson called it, “good parenting.” Some might disagree: The language from the band was exactly what you’d expect from a pub rock band. As they closed the show, Gleeson let loose with what was left of his voice, imploring the crowd to, “Tell all your friends we’re still a living, breathing f***ing machine.” CONTINUES PG3
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