Community event
Council held a community event on Australia Day where we recognised our Australia Day Award recipients and welcomed our newest Australian citizens. The crowd enjoyed a free barbecue lunch and entertainment including live music, a bouncy castle and face painting for kids.
Council worked closely with Upper Loddon Indigenous group Nalderun to plan the Australia Day activities, which included a cleansing ceremony and Survival Day component led by Dja Dja Wurrung Elders.
Read the 2018 Mount Alexander Shire Australia Day Award honour roll.
Read Aunty Kerri Douglas' Australia Day speech.
Read our Australia Day media release.
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