{"id":150756,"date":"2016-07-06T02:54:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=150756"},"modified":"2020-10-10T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T04:43:31","slug":"a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/06\/a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Rain Can’t Stop NAIDOC!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Burnett councillor Kathy Duff, the Indigenous Affairs portfolio holder for Council, was chided by some of the dancers for wearing pink instead of red, black and yellow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 6, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rainy weather didn’t stop Cherbourg’s annual NAIDOC Day celebrations on Tuesday, or keep away the many visitors who return every year to catch up with friends and family.<\/p>\n

The Ration Shed complex was again the focus for the day’s activities.<\/p>\n

The official speeches were transferred to the old Boys Dormitory, while room was made in the sports museum area for the information stalls.<\/p>\n

Us Mob Radio broadcast live from one room, while Muddy Flats played some classic Murri tracks – and old rock’n’roll favourites – in another.<\/p>\n

On the front verandah, children milled around an arts table where they could paint boomerangs and leave handprint stencils on cloth.<\/p>\n

When the showers eased, the crowd took up vantage points on the verandah and in the front yard of the Boys Dormitory to watch performances of traditional and modern dancing.<\/p>\n

At lunch time, there was damper, golden syrup, camp oven stew – cooked on an open fire – and a barbecue out back.<\/p>\n

There was even some special bush tucker for community Elders.<\/p>\n

NAIDOC is actually an acronym that stands for “National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee”, a group that organised events in the past.<\/p>\n

But in the same way that no one calls QANTAS “Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services” any more, or even ANZAC “Australian and New Zealand Army Corps”, in recent years NAIDOC \u00a0has taken on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

NAIDOC celebrations have become a traditional time for Indigenous families to come together in celebration of culture and achievements, with an invitation to the wider community to join in, have fun and grow in understanding.<\/p>\n

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Us Mob announcer Miranda “Mindy” Fisher was the guest speaker at the NAIDOC Day ceremony … she explained the history of NAIDOC to the assembled crowd as well as what it now means to her<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cherbourg mayor Arnold Murray with Ration Shed president Sandra Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingaroy’s Sista Girls danced …<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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… as did the Wakka Wakka troupe …<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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… to the sounds of didgeridoo …<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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… and clap sticks …<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Part of the large crowd that gathered in the yard in front of the old Boys Dormitory to watch the performances of traditional dancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Br Marty Sanderson, from the Edmund Rice Centre, was thanked for his help by Bevan Costello<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Indigenous Service Officer Chris Delisser and Lois Gray were staffing the Dept of Human Services stall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Radio 4UM Us Mob broadcast live from NAIDOC Day activities … announcers Mindy Fisher and Michael Monk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Muddy Flats were keeping dry … playing live inside the Boys Dormitory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Euriel Mackey, Lil Broome, Gwen Richards and Lee Hughes came over to Cherbourg for the day with a busload of friends from Hervey Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Murri Rangers Gordon Collins, left, and Luke Bond, right, with Bryan Phillips-Petersen from Queensland National Parks … their stall had information about the Bunya Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rainy weather didn’t stop Cherbourg’s annual NAIDOC Day celebrations on Tuesday, or keep away the many visitors who return every year to catch up with friends and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":150758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[1135],"yoast_head":"\nA Little Rain Can't Stop NAIDOC! - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/06\/a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Little Rain Can't Stop NAIDOC! - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The rainy weather didn't stop Cherbourg's annual NAIDOC Day celebrations on Tuesday, or keep away the many visitors who return every year to catch up with friends and family.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/06\/a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-05T16:54:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-10T04:43:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160705naidoc1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/06\/a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/06\/a-little-rain-cant-stop-naidoc\/\",\"name\":\"A Little Rain Can't Stop NAIDOC! 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