Meeting place of cultures

Greater Dandenong Council will celebrate the municipality’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander links during NAIDOC Week.
Mayor Heang Tak said the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) event runs from 3 to 10 July and celebrates history, culture and achievements.
“Greater Dandenong sits on the land of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation and to this day our city remains a meeting place between our indigenous culture and the new cultures that now call our community home,” he said.
Harmony Square in Dandenong will host a community celebration from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on Monday 4 July.
Councillor Tak and a local community elder will open the festivities, which will feature performances from Indigenous Hip Hop Project and the Jindi Woraback Dance Group.
There’ll be basket weaving, a football workshop with the Dandenong Stingrays, art activities and indigenous games during the celebrations.