Reconciliation Week /documentary showing – Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council presents “Returning our Ancestors”

Hepburn Shire Council is proud to present ‘Returning our ANCESTORS’, a documentary followed by a panel of experts for Q and A discussion.

Aboriginal Peoples’ burial places have been desecrated in the name of curiosity, science, and research. Ancestors were stolen from their land, where they had been placed with care and ceremony, to be housed in metal boxes as specimens or ornaments of curiosity by individuals, families, and institutions.
The 1980s saw Aboriginal Ancestors start to return to rest on Country. But the journey is by no means complete and there are many more of our Ancestors still to come home. We can all walk together and help in this essential work.
5.30- Smoking ceremony
6pm – Documentary viewing
6.35 – Panel discussion -Noah Tyler – Archaeologist/Heritage Adviser
Member of the Hepburn Shire Council Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Elizabeth Allen – Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council
Dja Dja Wurrung representative – TBA

When : Thursday 29 May
5.30pm -7.30pm

Where: Radius Art Gallery
76 Main Road Daylesford
Bookings via- https://events.humanitix.com/returning-our-ancestors-film-screening