NAIDOC celebrations at CSU

21 AUGUST 2014

NAIDOC 2014 will be celebrated at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga from Monday 25 August to Friday 29 August to showcase traditional and contemporary Indigenous culture.

NAIDOC 2014 will be celebrated at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga from Monday 25 August to Friday 29 August to showcase traditional and contemporary Indigenous culture.

Smoking ceremony at NAIDOC at CSU in Wagga WagagAs part of the national theme of NAIDOC 2014, Serving Country: Centenary and Beyond , a feature will be a public lecture on Wednesday 27 August to honour all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who fought for Australia.

Hosted by the Social Club at the University's Ngungilanna Indigenous Student Centre in Wagga Wagga, the NAIDOC events are open to the public and include:

-  Johnny Cake making - traditional bread made over the coals. Students from Ashmont Public School will join in the tradition from 10am to 12pm on Monday 25 August at The Hub, building 20, near car park 2 off Darnell Smith Drive at CSU in Wagga Wagga. Other student activities include creating designs for a wooden sculpture, depicting the Gugaa (Goanna), the main Wiradjuri totem.

- Weaving Circle involving Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Gail Manderson and other local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal weavers.  Join the weavers and learn how to weave from 12pm to 1.30pm on Monday 25 August at the Hub building 20, near car park 2 off Darnell Smith Drive at CSU in Wagga Wagga. 

-Smoking Ceremony with Wiradjuri Boys, a group of Wiradjuri men. The traditional ceremony will be held from 12.30 pm on Monday 25 August at The Hub, building 20, near car park 2 off Darnell Smith Drive at CSU in Wagga Wagga after a Welcome to Country by Aunty Gail Clark, Elder-in-Residence, Ngungilanna Indigenous Student Centre.

- A free public lecture from 12.30pm to 1.30pm on Wednesday 27 August by Wiradjuri Elder and artist Aunty Fay Clayton and Warrant Officer Class 2, Shane Swan. The lecture will be held in, lecture room 201, building 21, near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga. AuntyFay's father Private Cecil Robert Clayton served in World War II in the 2/13th Infantry Battalion, also known as The Devil's Own.  Aunty Fay was taken from her family and sent to the Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls Home in the 1950s. WO Swan has been in the Army for 24 years. He is Regional Indigenous Liaison Officer at the Army Base at Kapooka. He is also on the Army's Indigenous Cultural Advisory Board which provides advice to the Chief of Army. WO Swan will talk about Indigenous military service from the Boer War up to Australia's current involvement in Afghanistan. 

- Black Screen DVDs, a collection of Indigenous short dramas, comedies and documentaries from the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia, will be shown from 12pm to 1.30pm Monday 25 to Friday 29 August in the Ngungilanna Indigenous Student Centre, building 20a near car park 2, Darnell Smith Drive, CSU in Wagga Wagga.Screenings include The Djarn Djarns, Your Brother My Tidda, Simple Song, My Brother Vinnie, Jurujarri Dreaming, Destiny in the Dirt, Big Name No Blanket, Jandamarra's War and Tales from the Daly River. 

- Mapping IT is an art exhibition by TAFE NSW cultural arts students at Gallery 43, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute in Macleay Street, Wagga Wagga from 10am to 3pm, Monday 25 to Friday 29 August. The exhibition will be officially opened at 6pm on Tuesday 26 August. 

- A social evening for CSU Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) students will be held from 7pm to 11.30pm on Wednesday 27 August at the University's The Hub. There will be lucky door prizes and entertainment by the band, The Mighty Yak and Mawang Gaway –All together, come here – an Indigenous choir. There will be a bus to and from the CBD to the University. 

Ngungilanna Indigenous Student Centre is one of six Indigenous Student Centres located at CSU in  Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Goulburn, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga to support Indigenous students in tertiary study.

Media Note:

For media queries about NAIDOC 2014 at CSU in Wagga Wagga, contact CSU Media.

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