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The Coloured Digger event and Anzac Day March

Where
Redfern Community Centre
Redfern Community Centre
29-53 Hugo Street, Redfern NSW 2016
Event starts at Redfern Community Centre and finishes at Redfern Park
When

Friday 25 April from 11am to 4:10pm

Cost

Everyone is welcome to join this event commemorating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who served our country in armed conflicts overseas. This year's theme "Defending Country on Ancient Sands" pays tribute to the soldiers in the desert campaigns of war.

Program

Redfern Community Centre

  • From 11am Serving Country photography exhibition by Belinda Mason

  • 11:45am Smoking ceremony

  • 12pm Flag raising ceremony

  • 12:05pm Cultural dance performance

  • 12:30pm Welcome to Country

  • 12:45pm Welcome cultural dance performances

  • 1pm Speeches

  • 1:30pm The Coloured Digger music performance

  • 2pm March from Redfern Community Centre to Redfern Park

Redfern Park

  • 2:45pm Acknowledgement of Country

  • 2:50pm Welcome cultural dance performances

  • 3:15pm Formal proceedings, welcome prayer, speeches and laying of wreaths

  • 4:10pm End of proceedings

Everyone is welcome to join this free community event.

We aim to produce inclusive and accessible events. If you have any particular access or communication needs, please contact Redfern Community Centre on 02 9288 5713 or redferncc@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

Contact event organiser

City of Sydney

Accessibility

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