11
Jul
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11
Jul
NAIDOC Week: Yarn on the Farm
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Celebrate First Nations culture this NAIDOC Week these school holidays!
Hills Shire residents are invited to have a Yarn at The Farm as part of Council’s NAIDOC Week celebrations from 11am – 2pm on Thursday 11 July at Bella Vista Farm.
Council has partnered with local First Nations enterprise Muru Mittigar to celebrate Aboriginal culture with free arts and crafts workshops, musical performances, sporting activations and free First Nations inspired food from the Wilka Thalta food truck.
The event will commence with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony from Dharug elder Uncle Colin.
Muru Mittigar Executive Officer Wayne Cornish will MC the event alongside Madii Page from Hills Yarning.
Event highlights:
- Free servings of First Nations fusion cuisine for first 500 guests including: Emu sausage sandwiches, cheese and bacon burgers with bush tomato relish, vegetable spring rolls with Kakadu plum sauce, native basil and tomato arancini with sea parsley aioli dipping sauce and loaded chips with bacon, cheese, honey bbq and sriacha
- Free coffee for first 500 guests from Hills Daily Grind
- Free dessert for first 500 guests from Wafflepopz
- Free bracelet weaving, boomerang painting, colouring-in, ochre line face and hand painting
- Free dance workshops
- Free plant giveaways
- Free flag painting
- Sporting activations from Western Sydney Wanderers, AFL and NSW Netball
