From flag raising to family fun days and art exhibitions, the Sunshine Coast is set to host a range of events to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022 (July 3-10), and everyone is invited to join in the fun.
This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! which calls on our community to rally for systemic change and continue to support and secure institutional, structural, collaborative and cooperative reforms.
Mayor Mark Jamieson said NAIDOC week continued to be a highlight of the annual calendar and the 2022 program was set to be a great success.
“Sunshine Coast Council remains committed to ensuring we have strengthened working relationships with First Nations peoples and continued to advance reconciliation,” Mayor Jamieson said.
“The updated Reconciliation Action Plan highlights our continued commitment to promoting the self-determination of First Nations peoples focusing on providing equitable economic, employability and education opportunities within the organisation.”
Community Portfolio Councillor David Law the 2022 theme invited us to act decisively and shape a future based on justice, equity, and proper recognition of First Nations peoples.
NAIDOC Week celebrations will kick-off with a NAIDOC Week Flag Raising Ceremony to be held at Nambour Forecourt, outside of the Eddie De Vere building (Council Chambers in Nambour) on the corner of Currie and Bury streets, Nambour on Monday 4 July 4 at 9am.
Events held for NAIDOC Week:
Lyndon Davis: Djagan Yaman Exhibition
This is the first major solo exhibition of Lyndon Davis (Kabi Kabi).
Open until Saturday 6 August at USC Art Gallery, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs
For more information, visit usc.edu.au/art-gallery/what-s-on/lyndon-davis-djagan-yaman
Hayley Millar Baker: There we were all in one place Exhibition
There we were all in one place is an early career survey exhibition of cross-cultural artist Hayley Millar Baker (Gunditjmara).
From 6 June to 6 August at USC Art Gallery, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs.
For more information, visit usc.edu.au/art-gallery/what-s-on/hayley-millar-baker-there-we-were-all-in-one-place
Veiled Histories: Works by leading First Nations artists – Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum) & Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri) Exhibition
In celebration of NAIDOC, we honour two extraordinary visual storytellers.
Exhibition runs from 1 July to 21 August at Caloundra Regional Gallery, 22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra.
For more information, visit gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Exhibitions/Veiled-Histories
Sunshine Coast Libraries celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022
Sunshine Coast Council Libraries will host a range of activities and provide resources across NAIDOC from Sunday 3-10 July.
For more information, visit library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/
Sunshine Coast Council NAIDOC 2022 Flag Raising
To celebrate NAIDOC 2022 – Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! Sunshine Coast Council invites the community to attend its annual flag raising ceremony.
From 10am on Monday 4 July at the Nambour Library Forecourt, Cnr Currie and Bury Streets, Nambour
For more information, visit eventbrite.com.au/e/365309629937
Wan’diny NAIDOC Family Fun Day
Attend workshops, try activities and enjoy live performances and more!
From 10am on Saturday 9 July at the Quota Memorial Park, Mathew Street, Nambour.
For more information, visit fb.me/e/4wFoqKxBE
For more information about NAIDOC Week on the Sunshine Coast, visit sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Living-and-Community/First-Nations-Partnerships/First-Nations-events/NAIDOC
