{"id":334092,"date":"2023-07-04T22:06:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=334092"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:54:11","slug":"elders-honoured-at-cherbourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/07\/04\/elders-honoured-at-cherbourg\/","title":{"rendered":"Elders Honoured At Cherbourg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cherbourg Mayor Elvie Sandow presented Aunty Ada Simpson with Council’s 2023 NAIDOC “Elder of the Year” Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 4, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rain forced Cherbourg’s annual NAIDOC Week celebration indoors on Tuesday, but it didn’t dampen community enthusiasm for the event.<\/p>\n

Cherbourg Town Hall was packed for the activities, which included a blessing by Pastor Max Conlon, the presentation of Cherbourg Council’s NAIDOC Week Awards and a powerful performance by the Wakka Wakka Dancers.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week is “For Our Elders”, and Elders were very much a focus at Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

Former mayor Arnold Murray did the Welcome To Country and a special guest was Aunty Eva Collins, who turned 100 at Christmas.<\/p>\n

The audience broke into applause when Aunty Ada Simpson, 80, was named Cherbourg’s 2023 NAIDOC “Elder of the Year”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former councillor and librarian at Cherbourg State School has volunteered for many years with the Barambah Local Justice Group and at The Ration Shed Museum.<\/p>\n

Sadly, she lost her beloved husband of 62 years, Jack, in May this year.<\/p>\n

The other NAIDOC award winners were:<\/strong><\/p>\n