Indigenous Affairs Portfolio Report - 21 September 2016

Indigenous Affairs

The South Burnett & Cherbourg On Show Long Weekend is coming up. We have a new event on the list. It is the Yhurri Gurri Us Mob Arts & Cultural Festival at the Jack O’Chin Oval on Saturday the 1st from 1.00 pm to 8.00 pm. Performances will include Chad Morgan, Roger Knox, Deadly Wayz and local Wakka Wakka Dancers. Yhurri Gurri is an aboriginal greeting that translated is “Come this way, welcome friend”.

Opening night for the long weekend will be the South Burnett Regional Council Art Competition. The Mayor’s Acquisitive Art Prize for the first time will be open to both South Burnett & Cherbourg Council areas. The Cherbourg Council is also sponsoring an Open section for Indigenous Art of Cherbourg and the South Burnett.

As part of the Opening night, there will be a Progressive Dinner starting at the Wondai Art Gallery with drinks and nibbles, followed by a smorgasbord of all you can eat at Dimities, desserts and local wines. The night will finish at the Wondai Hotel with Muddy Flats entertaining until late. Tickets are only $40 and they are available online through the South Burnett & Cherbourg On Show website or from the Wondai Art Gallery. Visitors to the South Burnett & Cherbourg over the long weekend will have the opportunity to attend events and go into a draw for some great prizes to be drawn at the completion of the weekend.