NAIDOC week celebrations – Sunday 2nd July 2023
The Australian National Maritime Museum kicks off NAIDOC week 2023 with a Family Fun Day, honouring the theme for 2023 – For Our Elders. Celebrate the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth, exploring stories and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a big day out of culture tours, performance and art.
Events run throughout the day across the museum site – in galleries, workshops and on the water.
Event Program
Waterside Studio:
Weaving workshop 11am – 3pm
With artists from Casino Wakeup time
Free, drop-in
Recommended ages 7 to adult
Food Demonstrations and Bush Tea Tastings 12pm – 3pm
Bush Tucker Tastings and demonstrations
With Goanna Hut indigenous food company
Located out the front of Waterside studio and the main foyer
Theatre:
Film Screenings by Ocean Imaging and Great Southern Reef Foundation 2 - 30 July, 10am – 5pm
Goonminyerra featuring Bunna Lawrie
Sea Country
Performance Platform, main stage:
Welcome to Country 10.00am
Includes didgeridoo performance by Matthew Doyle
Djaadjawan Dancers 12:30pm and 2:30pm
All main stage performances are free, drop-in.
Galleries:
Bamal
Relax and Yarn in this community space
Shaped by the Sea 11am and 1:30pm
Take a tour exploring Deep Time knowledges, artworks and installations
with Indigenous Programs Manager, Matt Poll
Wharves:
Warrane- West of the bridge cruise
with Tyson Frigo, Indigenous Programs Curator and Rosman ferries.
11.15am, 12.30pm, 2pm
Tours run can be booked on entry to the museum – free, with the See it all ticket.
Extra Information
Matthew Doyle
Wuruniri Music & Dance
Matthew Doyle is a professional Musician (Didgeridoo player, singer, and composer) Dancer, choreographer, teacher.
He is a descendant of the Muruwari Aboriginal nation from northwest NSW and is also of Irish heritage. Graduated from NAISDA College in 1988, where he studied traditional and contemporary dance and music.
Matthew currently Performs and teaches Aboriginal culture dance and music in schools.
In 1999 he created the professional performing group Wuruniri Music and Dance which he continues to run today. He has performed all over the world and in Australia in major local and community events and has worked with some of Australia’s leading musicians and Dance Companies.
Matthew has an enormous amount of experience performing traditional indigenous ceremonies and dance. He is the founder of the Wuruniri Dance Troupe and has toured with them both nationally and internationally.
Matthew is a professional musician, composer, choreographer and teacher.
Djaadjawan Dancers
"The Djaadjawan Dancers are an Aboriginal women’s traditional dance group from the Yuin Nation of New South Wales, Australia. The group includes girls, women and elders from ages 6 to 75 from Wallaga Lake, Narooma and La Perouse in NSW.
Djaadjawan means ‘sand’ in Dhurga language, and the Djaadjawan Dancers express traditional culture, beliefs and practise through dance and song. The women make their own costumes and accessories using traditional materials and techniques.
When the Djaadjawan Dancers perform, they are dancing, singing, sharing, wearing and expressing their culture."
Great Southern Reef Foundation
Who are we? The Great Southern Reef Foundation is a team of scientists, storytellers and educators working to promote the recognition, stewardship and longevity of Australia’s kelp forests.
Our vision is to connect, educate and inspire society to become active stewards of Australia’s kelp forests.
Our mission: The Great Southern Reef Foundation are knowledge brokers representing the Great Southern Reef in key areas of Education, Community, and Science. We’re here to deepen your understanding and recognition of the Great Southern Reef (GSR).
What is the Great Southern Reef? The Great Southern Reef (GSR) is an interconnected ecosystem of kelp forests, spanning 8000kms across Australia’s southern coast.