NAIDOC Week – July 6-13

NAIDOC Week is held each year in the first full week of July. It is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and it is an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society.

All Australians are encouraged to participate in the celebrations and activities that take place across the nation during NAIDOC Week.

NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Indigenous Australians.

More information about this week, including a list of Victorian events can be found here on the NAIDOC Week website

Charlie’s Country: Special Advance Screening Fundraiser

To celebrate NAIDOC Week, Engineers Without Borders (Victoria Region) and YEA-V (Young Engineers Australia (Victorian Division)  are holding an exclusive advance screening of Charlie’s Country.
Awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, David Gulpilil is blackfella Charlie.
Charlie is getting older and is out of sorts. Frustrated with the failures of the government intervention and the ‘whitefella’ laws enforced in his remote community, Charlie takes off to live the old way. His extraordinary journey leads him full circle and he returns to his community a wiser man. Through the heartbreaking, humorous and ultimately hopeful story of one man’s search for belonging, Charlie’s Country offers a deeply affecting portrait of contemporary Aboriginal Australia.

Complimentary canapés and beverages will be provided and special guest speaker to provide introductory talk.