Koorie bubs invited to Welcome Baby to Country ceremony

Published on 24 June 2015

A special Welcome Baby to Country ceremony will be held at the Mildura Arts Centre as part of NAIDOC celebrations and Koorie families are encouraged to participate.

Now in its third year, the Welcome Baby to Country event will take place at the Mildura Arts Centre at 12noon on Thursday 9 July, with a ceremony that traditionally welcoming all new Koorie babies to this country and this community.

Mildura Rural City Council Arts and Culture Portfolio Councillor Jill Joslyn encouraged local Koorie families to be part of the occasion, which is supported by Monash University, Mildura Rural City Council and Mildura Arts Centre.

“In previous years this has been one of the highlights of NAIDOC Week, “Cr Joslyn said. “Again the ceremony will be conducted by local elders and will include a beautiful gift and commemorative certificate for each of the Koorie babies.

“This event is a wonderful addition to the calendar of activities planned to celebrate NAIDOC Week we would love to see as many new babies involved as possible.

“Registrations for the Welcome Baby to Country ceremony are now open and we encourage all the mums, dads, grandparents, aunties and uncles to register and join us at this unique event.”

The ceremony will also include traditional storytelling and music with special guest performances by local and national artists.

To register your baby or to book seats at the event please contact the Mildura Arts Centre on (03) 5018 8330 by Tuesday 7 July 2015.

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