NAIDOC week celebrations – Sunday 2nd July 2023
The Australian National Maritime Museum kicks off NAIDOC week 2023 with a Family Fun Day, honouring the theme for 2023 – For Our Elders. Celebrate the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth, exploring stories and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a big day out of culture tours, performance and art.
Events run throughout the day across the museum site – in galleries, workshops and on the water.
Event Program
Waterside Studio:
-Weaving workshop 11am – 3pm
With artists from Casino Wakeup time
Free, drop-in
-Food Demonstrations and Bush Tea Tastings 12pm – 3pm
With Goanna Hut indigenous food company
Located out the front of Waterside studio and the main foyer
Theatre:
-Film Screenings by Great Southern Reef Foundation 12pm – 5pm
Goonminyerra featuring Bunna Lawrie
Sea Country
Performance Platform, main stage:
-Welcome to Country 10.00am
Includes didgeridoo performance by Matthew Doyle
-Djaadjawan Dancers 12:30pm and 2:30pm
All main stage performances are free, drop-in.
Galleries:
-Bamal
Relax and Yarn in this community space
-Shaped by the Sea 11am and 1:30pm
Take a tour exploring Deep Time knowledges, artworks and installations
with Indigenous Programs Manager, Matt Poll
Wharves:
-Rosman Ferry Tours
With Museum’s Indigenous Curator, Tyson Frigo
Tours run throughout the day and can be booked on entry – free, with the Big Ticket.
Free with paid admission.