NAIDOC and Reconciliation Program 2017

Salisbury Community

Reconciliation & NAIDOC 2017

A calendar of events and activities happening across Salisbury to celebrate Aboriginal culture

Program

Salisbury Community

Reconciliation & NAIDOC program 2017

On behalf of the City of Salisbury I would like to acknowledge these events are being held on the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pay respect to Elders past and present.

We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

It’s with great pleasure that I present this fantastic program of events.

Gillian Aldridge Mayor, City of Salisbury

Thursday 25 May • 9.45am to 11.45am Golden Grove Arts Centre 1 Tenison Place, Golden Grove

RECONCILIATION IN THE NORTH MORNING TEA

Keynote speaker Jack Kanya Buckskin speaking about ‘Our Languages Matter’ - Kaurna Language.

Register online at www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/recon

by Thursday 18 May 2017. Tickets $11.

Call Julie Kalms on 8406 8304 for more details.

May to 20 June Salisbury West Library Hollywood Blvd, Salisbury Downs

LIVING ON THE LAND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL DISPLAY PROVIDED BY THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM A mix of artefacts, storyboard, information and other resources.

Tuesday 30 May • 9.30am to 12.30pm Paralowie Garden Corner of Halba Crescant and Waterloo Corner Road, Paralowie

LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS TALK Their History and Use

Come along and find out more about local native plants, their history and uses with Kaurna Elder, Frank Wanganeen. If you have time, stay on for morning tea and help us plant out a butterfly attracting native plants garden. Gold coin donation.

RSVP by Wednesday 24 May 2017, phone 8406 8225 or email has@salisbury.sa.gov.au

8 June to 7 July John Harvey Gallery 12 James Street, Salisbury

NAIDOC EXHIBITION

Celebrating NAIDOC, this exhibition showcases and explores our proud Aboriginal culture.

For more information please visit: www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/exhibitionprogram

Wednesday 5 July • 10.30am to 2pm Pooraka Farm Community Centre 126 Henderson Avenue, Pooraka

CELEBRATING THE LIVING LANGUAGE IN HISTORY, STORIES, MUSIC AND SONG

The day will begin with a Flag Raising Ceremony Henderson Square, followed by a talk on the history of the language and Frank Wanganeen will share his experience in learning his Native Kaurna Language and teach us some key words and phrases. There will be a BBQ lunch and Wadgedin Werra scrub meal, an interactive dreamtime story, cultural crafts, cultural and health information stalls and guest speakers.

Fore more information Phone Pooraka Farm Community Centre on 8406 8488.

Wednesday 5 July and Friday 7 July • 10am Wed 5 July at Len Beadell Library • 10am Wed 5 July at Ingle Farm Library • 10am Fri 7 July at Para Hills Library • 10am Fri 7 July at Mawson Lakes Library

NAIDOC STORYTIME SESSIONS

Salisbury Library Staff read stories for children from our Aboriginal materials in recognition of NAIDOC week.

Thursday 6 July • 10am to 12 noon Jack Young Centre Library 1 Orange Avenue, Salisbury

COME AND TRY TRADITIONAL BASKET WEAVING

Ever wanted to know how to make a beautiful small basket using traditional Aboriginal weaving techniques? Come along to a fun community workshop run by teachers from Marra Dreaming Indigenous Arts and Crafts Centre. Gold coin donation.

RSVP by Friday 30 June 2017, phone 8406 8368 or email cdadmin@salisbury.sa.gov.au. Numbers limited.

Thursday 6 July • 1pm to 3pm Salvation Army Corner of Bridge and Maxwell Roads Ingle Farm

SCREENING OF THE INDIGENOUS OPERA ‘PECAN SUMMER’

There will be a screening of Australia’s first Indigenous opera ‘Pecan Summer’ written by Yorta Yorta soprano Deborah Cheetham. It is based on the walk off from Cummeragunja Mission NSW in 1939. It moves through the years to the day of Kevin Rudd’s Apology at Federation Square in 2008. Robert Taylor, one of this Opera’s cast members, will provide an introduction to this Opera.

Classification PG – occasional strong language; forced removal of a child scene.

Free event. Contact Robert Taylor on 8397 9333 or email robert.taylor@aus.salvationarmy.org for more information and bookings by Thursday 29 June 2017.

Thursday 6 July • 1.30pm to 2.30pm Ingle Farm Library [Sunset Room] Beovich Road, Ingle Farm

MEETING KAURNA SUE HARRIS PUPPET SHOW

Told through the eyes of today’s child. Acceptance of the rich culture of the Kaurna people. Family, learning, stories, the land and the relationship of the people to the land. Presented using different puppet types as well as storytelling and songs.

Free. For information and bookings before 5 July 2017 email khajdu@salisbury.sa.gov.au or phone 8406 8285.

Friday 7 July • 11am to 2pm Judd Street Laneway, Salisbury (Next to NAB Bank John Street)

ABORIGINAL ART AND MUSIC CELEBRATION

Free event for young people aged 11 to 25.

Entertainment by young Aboriginal artists, create artwork and play games.

Free raffles and sausage sizzle.

Phone Julie 8406 8370 for more information.

Thursday 6 and Friday 7 July • 7.30pm to 9.30pm Adelaide Planetarium - UniSA, Mawson Lakes Campus, Level 2 - Building P, University Boulevard, Mawson Lakes

ABORIGINAL SKIES

Aboriginal Australians have been looking at the night sky for thousands of years. During this time they have been able to build up a complex knowledge of the stars and their movements. Come and learn how to find the different constellations (stellar patterns) as seen by indigenous groups throughout Australia. Hear about the Dreaming stories that relate to the night sky, and learn about how constellations like the Southern Cross and Orion are seen by Aboriginal Australians. The evening is strictly designed for the adult beginner, with little or no astronomical knowledge who would like to know more about the night sky and the constellations, as seen by the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia. $30.00 per person.

Bookings online: visit unisa.edu.au/planetarium or phone 8302 3138.

Friday 7 July • 7pm to 10pm Twelve25 Salisbury Youth Enterprise Centre 17 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury

THE SAPPHIRES MOVIE SCREENING

Join us for a showing of the movie The Sapphires with tasty Australian Native Foods provided by Creative Native.

It’s 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.

(Rated PG) - Free Bookings by Thursday 6 July 2017: http://e.mybookingmanager.com/thesapphires For more information phone Kate Kitching 8406 8555 or email kkitching@salisbury.sa.gov.au

Thursday 13 July • 10am to 1pm Pine Lakes Centre 16 Homestead Place, Parafield Gardens

INTRODUCTION TO KAURNA LANGUAGE

The Kaurna language is the original language of the Adelaide Plains. Increase your awareness of Kaurna culture through the window of language and challenge your brain at the same time!

Teacher-Jack Buckskin from Tauondi Aboriginal College.

(For over 50s) Numbers limited.

RSVP by Friday 7 July 2017. Phone 8406 8368 or email cdadmin@salisbury.sa.gov.au

Important dates 26 May

NATIONAL SORRY DAY

This day is about coming together to share the steps towards healing for the Stolen Generations, their families and communities.

27 May to 3 June

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK

Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can join the national reconciliation effort. The theme for 2017 is ‘Let’s Take the Next Steps’. For more information visit www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw.

3 June

MABO DAY

The Mabo decision was named after Eddie Mabo, the man who challenged the Australian legal system and fought for recognition of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners of their land. The landmark legal decision was made by the High Court on 3 June 1992.

2 to 9 July

NAIDOC WEEK (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) NAIDOC is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The 2017 theme is ‘Our Languages Matter’ – which highlights the importance, resilience and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. For more information visit www.naidoc.org.au

All year access

SALISBURY LIBRARY SERVICE

The Tindale Aboriginal Genealogies Collection Held at the Len Beadell Library Norman Tindale was an anthropologist based at the South Australian Museum. He recorded vast amounts of genealogical information about Aboriginal communities from all over Australia, the majority being collected on field trips during the 1920s and 1930s.

Over 50,000 Aboriginal people are included in the genealogies, as well as thousands of named photographic portraits.

The genealogies are charted in hand-written field notes, usually with one extended family included on each chart. Some charts trace families back as far as 1860 and sometimes include the language groups and/or traditional names of people.

Salisbury Library Service holds a portion of this collection related to Point McLeay Station, Point Pearce Station, Swan Reach Station, Koonibba Station, Port Augusta Station, Menindee Station.

Appropriate Identification and forms must be completed to initiate the research.

For more information about how to access the Collection please contact: Local History Officer 8406 8207.

ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER NEWSPAPERS The Salisbury Library Service has these Newspapers at our branches.

Koori Mail Newspaper Produced fortnightly, Koori Mail is distributed Australia-wide, providing news, views, advertisements and other material of vital interest

to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and Australians interested in Indigenous affairs.

Koori Mail Newspaper has been doing this since 1991, and the newspaper has grown to the point where it is recognised as ‘The Voice of Indigenous Australia’.

Loanable copies are held at the Len Beadell Library.

And access through the Salisbury Library website or directly www.koorimail.com Aboriginal Way SA Aboriginal Way is a SANTS - South Australian Native Titles Services publication.

It is a free Aboriginal newspaper which comes out quarterly. It is available at all the Library Branches.

And you can access through the Salisbury Library website or directly www.nativetitlesa.org/ publications2/listing/aboriginal-way/ National Indigenous Times The National Indigenous Times first hit the streets on February 27, 2002. National Indigenious Times is staffed and owned by Indigenous and nonIndigenous Australians and they are proud of the dedicated team of predominantly Indigenous Australian writers and columnists who contribute to the publication.

This newspaper is available through a Link on the Salisbury Library website.

All welcome to come into the library and use our PCs to access these newspapers.

Creative Spirit Website National Library of Australia (NLA) - Learn about Aboriginal culture and browse teacher and student resources. www.salisburylibrary.sa.gov.au. For more information phone 8406 8285.

© 2017 City of Salisbury

City of Salisbury 12 James Street, Salisbury 5108 South Australia PO Box 8, Salisbury SA 5108 Telephone 08 8406 8222 or TTY 08 8406 8596 (for people with a hearing impairment) Facsimile 08 8281 5466 Website www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/reconciliation Email city@salisbury.sa.gov.au Facebook www.facebook.com/cityofsalisbury Twitter www.twitter.com.au/cityofsalisbury

Events correct at time of publication. For specific event enquiries please refer to the contact listed for each event.

Art ‘The Meeting Place’, by group ‘Discover the Artist Within’ Pooraka Farm Community Centre, ‘Working Together’ by Jannette Barna and ‘Together Woven’ by Marijana Tadic and Alexis West.