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    Savannah Marks, Aurora Secombe, Layla Edmonds and Narla Kennedy.
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    Aubrey Secombe.
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    Chris Murphy and his son Archie.
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    Brian, Daisy, Oakah and Sophie Harrison.
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    Brian, Daisy, Oakah and Sophie Harrison.
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    Holy Trinity Anglican Rev Adriaan Siersema at a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony facilitated by Eastern Maar member Billy Briggs and his nephew Jaziah Stewart to honour NAIDOC Week 2026 at Ararat TAMA.
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    CLEANSING: Holy Trinity Anglican Reverend Adriaan Siersema, Eastern Maar member Billy Briggs and his nephew Jaziah Stewart at Ararat TAMA’s Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony last week. Part of NAIDOC Week, it is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ history, culture and achievements. This year’s event had the theme ‘50 Years of Deadly’. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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    Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony facilitated by Eastern Maar member Billy Briggs and his nephew Jaziah Stewart to honour NAIDOC Week 2026 at Ararat TAMA.
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    Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony facilitated by Eastern Maar member Billy Briggs and his nephew Jaziah Stewart to honour NAIDOC Week 2026 at Ararat TAMA.
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    Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony facilitated by Eastern Maar member Billy Briggs and his nephew Jaziah Stewart to honour NAIDOC Week 2026 at Ararat TAMA.
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    Ararat mayor Bob Sanders at a NAIDOC Week smoking ceremony in Ararat.

Deadly celebration for NAIDOC Week

08 July 2026

Savannah Marks, Aurora Secombe, Layla Edmonds and Narla Kennedy.

 

DEADLY: Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative and Barengi Gadjin Land Council are this week hosting community events to celebrate NAIDOC Week’s 50th anniversary with the theme of ‘50 Years of Deadly’.

Aboriginal mob and allies are invited to Horsham Regional Art Gallery for Bunjil’s View 3 ‘Unfinished Business’ premiere at 5.30pm today, and at Stawell Hub for Goolum Stawell Family Day and closing ceremony from 10am on Friday.



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Pictured at the opening ceremony at Horsham’s Dalki Guli Hub on Monday are, from left, Savannah Marks, Aurora Secombe, Layla Edmonds and Narla Kennedy. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

The entire July 8, 2026 edition of The Weekly Advertiser is available online. READ IT HERE!