NAIDOC Day and Nan Julie retires
Yesterday, Thursday 2 July, saw a gathering of community and invited guests to participate in the official opening of the Bush Tucker Garden by Nana Julie Ryan.
Events for the day inlcuded:
- Morning tea
- Official Welcome to our country by Lenny Merry.
- Unveiling of our Wadjarri Warrior Statue named by Lenny Merry "Idawarra" (which may also be spelt Irrawarra). This is the Wadjarri name for Mt Murchison.
- Opening of our Bush Tucker garden with Nan Julie Ryan cutting the ribbon and planting a soap bush.
- School Tour around the gardens including chicken pens and vegetable garden and orchards.
- Kangaroo feeding time.
- Lunch
- Assembly - student awards
- Nan Julie's Farewell, official speeches, cake and gift presentation
Here are just a few photos from our amazing NAIDOC Day ceremonies and Nan Julie's retirement celebration.
What a lovely day. We will have more shots from the day which we will post next term.
Thank you every one who came, you made our day very special!




