NAIDOC celebrations go online

MEDIA RELEASE 6 November 2020

Bathurst’s NAIDOC Week celebrations will go online this year with a video of the flag raising ceremony and interviews featuring local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life.

Mayor Bobby Bourke said the theme this year is Always Was, Always Will Be which recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

“NAIDOC week invites all Australians to embrace the history of this country - a history which dates back thousands of generations,” he said.

The video will go live on Council’s Facebook page on Monday 9 November at 9.30am.

For more information visit www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au

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