This NAIDOC Week, join Southern Cultural Immersion for a Boomerang Throwing Workshop in the Adelaide CBD! Each year, NAIDOC Week is celebrated across Australia to recognise the culture and stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Southern Cultural Immersion, a Kaurna-owned business, is extending its offerings to the heart of Adelaide. Led by an Aboriginal guide, learn about the traditional uses of boomerangs, and their role in Aboriginal culture.
You’ll get to have a go a throwing and build your skills and techniques! SCI Cultural Officer, Elijah Bravington, will lead the workshop.
He says “Boomerangs harness elements of science, engineering, and art in really creative ways and are wonderful First Nations invention. Once you start to understand aerodynamics and flight, you begin to understand how this ancient tool can be repurposed to make new technological advances in flight, such as drones and helicopter rotors that can spin faster and quieter.
“So, this NAIDOC week come along for a deadly fun-filled class on how to throw a stick that can come back without the help of Red Dog!”.
“The best way to learn about Aboriginal history and culture is always directly from Aboriginal people” says SCI’s Events and Marketing Director, Eve Gregory.
“We’ve been really pleased to be able to bring our NAIDOC offerings to the Parklands this year, and we’re hoping to do even more in the future”.
Eve says that SCI also regularly receives enquiries about bush tucker and native plants, and so has sought to work with the Botanic Gardens in response to the demand. The Botanic Gardens tours scheduled for NAIDOC have already sold out.
“We’re always keen to show off the incredible knowledge of Aboriginal people in ways that are authentic, not tokenistic – it doesn’t get much more authentic than actually getting to use tools that were initially designed thousands of years ago, and using them to share culture,” says SCI owner and Kaurna man Corey Turner.
“It is well past time for recognition that authentic knowledge of Country lies with the Traditional Owners. With this year’s NAIDOC theme of Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! I’d encourage everyone to ask themselves how they can work with First Nations to embed an Aboriginal presence in their organisations, as well as in their personal life – then put your hand on your heart and promise to make it happen. Not just in NAIDOC Week, but every single day of the year”.
When: Friday 8th July
Where: Rundle Park / Kadlitpina (Park 13), East Terrace, Adelaide 5000
Tickets to the tour are limited, book online here.
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