To celebrate National NAIDOC Week, Council will be hosting two Cultural Heritage Talks for community members from 12 to 2pm on Tuesday 28 June and Wednesday 6 July, at the Woady Yaloak Historical Society Offices, at The Well, 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale.
The Cultural Heritage Talks will be led by proud Wadawurrung woman Bonnie Chew and community members are invited to bring along any cultural artefacts or photographs for Bonnie to discuss or identify. A light lunch will also be provided.
Bonnie is the director of Mirriyu Cultural Consulting with extensive knowledge in Mental Health First Aid, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management, Reconciliation Action Planning, Incarceration, Genealogy, Health and Education.
She currently holds two Ministerial appointed positions, serving as an Indigenous Independent Prison Visitor and Indigenous Heritage representative of Victoria on the Victorian Public Records Advisory Council. More recently, Bonnie has become a Council Member of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. Bonnie is a proud Golden Plains Shire resident and lives in Haddon.