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    MAKING THRIVING PLACES TODAY NEEDS AN HONEST CRITIQUE OF PAST COLONIAL WAYS

    Wonder, curiosity and pause are critical human expressions of connection and attachment; a wanting to belong and contribute. They’re also the essence of regenerative development. 

    A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS ACTIVISM IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS

    This year we revisit the same question of an Indigenous Voice. Ancient history, salty side of the Yarra.

    IT’S TIME FOR AN INDIGENOUS VOICE TO PARLIAMENT

    'We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country.'

    BOLD HUMANS OF THE WEST AUNTIE JEANIE MASON

    I’m going to go out there and put my thoughts on the table!

    CELEBRATE THE NAIDOC RUNNING FESTIVAL ALONG THE WIRRIBI YALUK (WERRIBEE RIVER)

    The 2023 NAIDOC Running Festival is on Sunday July 9th at Presidents Park in Wyndham Vale. 

    THREE FIRST NATIONS ART EXHIBITIONS OFFERING POWERFUL (AND HUMOROUS) TRUTH TELLING

    The exhibitions are also a curatorial success because as unique and as individual as each artist’s voice is, together they ring clear as a bell.

    WILLIAM COOPER CAME TO FOOTSCRAY AND DEMANDED A KING’S SUPPORT FOR AN INDIGENOUS VOICE

    A referendum is necessary to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the legislative process.  We’ll discover if modern Australia now shares a similar dream as Cooper’s.

    WHOSE COUNTRY ARE WE ON?

    Using traditional place names is a powerful reminder that we are, and always have been, living on Aboriginal land.

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