NAIDOC Week

This week at the College we celebrated NAIDOC Week commencing with a flag raising & liturgy, followed by our ATSI students attending a country experience on Newarra Corporation's Land. Throughout the week students have been involved in many cultural experiences including a smoking ceremony, didgeridoo performance and dance workshop with Bob Blair as well as NAIDOC lessons and finishing off the week with a NAIDOC assembly featuring guest speaker Thomas Draper and a Bob Marley song performed by a staff/student band. 

TIME ON COUNTRY: Students spending quality time on traditional lands.

SMOKING CEREMONY: Learning the traditional dances with Bob Blair.

ABORIGINAL ARTWORK: Students decorating the quad with Aboriginal artwork.

NAIDOC ASSEMBLY: Students and teachers prepared a music piece for the assembly and Thomas Draper speaking to the school community.

GET UP, STAND UP - BOB MARLEY (with adapted words)

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what’s right

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what’s right

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what’s right

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight

My Ancestors do tell me

our country is Sacred Land

And its first people

On it proudly stand

Sixty Thousand years

Lets right the wrongs and end our tears

So now you see the light, hey

You stand up for what’s right

Come on

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what’s right

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what's right

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight

Truth to be told

For us all to understand

Histories tragedies

Blood shed on sacred land

But it’s time to leave the past behind

Time to move forward for all mankind

And now it’s been a while

Yes it’s time to reconcile

Get up, stand up (Jah, Jah)

Stand up for what’s right (oh-hoo)

Get up, stand up (get up, stand up)

Don't give up the fight (life is your right)

Get up, stand up (so we can't give up the fight)

Stand up for what’s rights (Lord, Lord)

Get up, stand up (keep on struggling on)

Don't give up the fight (yeah)

Hand in hand we can make things right

Brothers and sisters come and join the fight

Uluru Statement from the Heart

Come together and do your part

Our future filled with hope and pride

But only together can we turn the tide

So now we know what’s right (watch you gon' do?)

We gonna stand with all our might (yeah, yeah)

So you'd better

Get up, stand up (in the morning) give it up

Stand up for what’s right (stand up right now)

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight (don't give it up, don't give it up)

Get up, stand up (get up, stand up)

Stand up for what’s right (get up, stand up)

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight (get up, stand up)

Get up, stand up

Stand up for what’s right

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight!