NAIDOC Week

Celebrating NAIDOC Week
3 – 10 July

Join us as we celebrate NAIDOC Week with events and activities hosted by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Discovery Centre.

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Enjoy live performances
Powerhouse Museum
3 – 10 July 2011

Experience street busking-style performances that showcase the diversity of the vibrant arts and culture of Indigenous people today, to be held daily during NAIDOC Week.

Hear dancer and storyteller Graham Davis-King play the digeridoo, and enjoy performances from other leading Indigenous artists. Suitable for all ages, free with general admission.

Hear Indigenous storytelling
Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill
6 July, 11am – 11.50am

Join Indigenous artist and storyteller, Graham Davis-King, for a very special performance, Wantanganura (Sky World). Using props and music, Graham will tell the story of the constellations in the sky, the stories of Aboriginal people, kinship and The Dreamtime. Suitable for all ages, free with general admission. Read more

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Join an Indigenous astronomy tour
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, led by guide from Sydney Observatory
9 July, 10am – 12pm

It has been suggested by some researchers that rock art in the Sydney region contains astronomical symbolism. While we do not know this for certain, the possibility is tantalising and is the topic of current research. Duane Hamacher, a Guide Lecturer from Sydney Observatory who is finishing a doctoral thesis on Aboriginal Astronomy, will lead a guided tour of rock art sites in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Suitable for ages 8 and over. Cost is $25 adult, $18 child or concession, $75 family. Museum members $20 per adult, $15 per child or concession, $60 per family. Read more and book now