Victoria NAIDOC Flag Raising at FEDSquare this morning what a great turn out for the start of NAIDOC week.
The morning started of with a performance by Amos Roach
Welcome to Country
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There were speeches from:
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Victorian NAIDOC Committee Chair- Stace Piper
Miss NAIDOC - Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett
Mr NAIDOC - Yemurrku Egan
NAIDOC Patron - Uncle Henry Atkinson
Elder - Aunti Pam Pedersen
Koorie Heritage Trust CEO Tom Mosby
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There were performances by Djirri Djirri Dancers and Mandy Gawarn Nicholson
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Minister for Treaty and First People's Hon Gabrielle Williams MP also gave a speech
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Also dignitaries Senator Jana Stewart, Co- Chair of First Peoples’ Assembly Marcus Stewart, Yoorook Justice Commission Chair Professor Eleanor Bourke AM were in attendance .
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