NAIDOC Week Celebration

Join us in celebrating NAIDOC Week 2025 with a morning of connection, culture, and community on Tuesday 8 July from 10 am.

This year’s theme, “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy,” invites us to reflect on our shared journey and the steps Corangamite is taking toward a future grounded in reconciliation.

Event Details

Time: 10:00 am
Starting Location: Wombeetch Puyuun Reconciliation Garden, Camperdown | Djargurd Whurrong Country, Eastern Maar
Finish Location: Community Flagpole, next to The Courthouse Camperdown (179 Manifold Street)

What’s Happening

Location 1: Wombeetch Puyuun Reconciliation Garden, Camperdown | Djargurd Whurrong Country, Eastern Maar

• 10 am: Welcome to Country
  Begin the morning with a Welcome to Country by Tommy Clark from the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.

• 10:15 am: Storytime with Early Years Team
  Enjoy a special reading of a book by a First Nations author, hosted by our Early Years team.

• 10:30 am: Community Walk to Community Flagpole

Location 2: Community Flagpole, next to The Courthouse Camperdown (179 Manifold Street)

• 11 am: Flag Raising
  Join us for a walk to the Community Flag Pole on Manifold Street to raise the NAIDOC flag in recognition of the week.

• 11:15 am Fire Pit Conversations & Damper Sharing
  Gather around the fire pit for more storytelling and finish with damper made from Indigenous ingredients like wattle seed, served with tea.

 

When

Location

Event is delivered in multiple parts at two locations
10 - 10.30 Wombeetch Puyuun Reconciliation Garden
10.30 - Walk to Community Flagpole
11 - 12 - Community Flagpole (near Camperdown Courthouse)

Wombeetch Puyuun Reconciliation Garden, 2B Walker Street, Camperdown, 3260, View Map