• First meeting for 2025

    Old Eltham Courthouse 730 Main Road, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Join us on 5th February, 7:00–9:00 pm at the Old Eltham Courthouse to shape NRG’s future. Discuss exciting changes, our annual plan, and support our new Aboriginal Partnerships Officer. Let’s collaborate to make 2025 impactful! Agenda coming soon.

    Free
  • January 26 Dawn Gathering 2025

    Eltham North Adventure Playground The Parade, Eltham North, Victoria, Australia

    Last year some of us joined with Reconciliation Banyule at a dawn gathering at Eltham North Adventure Playground (ENAP). Whilst it was freezing it was a magical time to be there. Julie and Jan M have decided they will go down to ENAP at 6.15am again this year. We are not organising anything formal, but (more...)

    Free
  • Aboriginal Sunday

    St. Margaret's Anglican Church 79-81 Pitt Street, Eltham, VIC, Australia

    In 1938 William Cooper and other Aboriginal leaders asked Australian churches to set aside the Sunday before Jan 26th as Aboriginal Sunday — a day to act in solidarity with Aboriginal people and the injustices being experienced by them. St. Margaret's Anglican Church would like to invite the NRG and friends to a service to (more...)

  • NRG Annual General Meeting 2024

    Edendale Community Environment Farm 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham VIC 3095, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Join us for the biggest NRG meeting of the year with insights and inspiration, followed by yarns and supper. Hear from Uncle Charles Pakana, founder of Victorian Aboriginal News, and from NRG member Diane Parry with highlights from the Mutawintji Cultural Festival.

    Free
  • Relive Captain Cook’s arrival from an indigenous point of view

    Edendale Community Environment Farm 30 Gastons Rd, Eltham VIC 3095, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Eltham Bookshop, witht he support of Nillumbik Reconciliation Group, warmly invite you to celebrate a very special evening with Darren Rix and Craig Cormick, authors of Warra Warra Wai. ‘Warra Warra Wai’ was the expression called to Cook and his crew when they tried to make landfall in Botany Bay. It has long been interpreted (more...)

    $50
  • Monsalvat Red Chair Series: Our Indigenous Melbourne

    The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Montsalvat is relaunching its popular Red Chair conversation series with events from July to December, 2024, where we can listen to experts in their field, engage in stimulating conversations and enjoy some hospitality. In honouring this tradition, we have developed a new series, modelled on the past but looking to the future and dealing with (more...)

    $25
  • Collecting and Investing in Indigenous Art

    The Missing Gorilla 1/70 Commercial Place, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    After a winter break, renovations, and the challenges of COVID, Pardalote is roaring back to life! This August, Pardalote Collections is excited to host two events as part of the Eltham Town Arts and Culture Festival. Join us for an insightful session on Collecting and Investing in Indigenous Art as they launch a new initiative: (more...)

    $10
  • Hear Anita Heiss in Conversation with Kate Mildenhall

    The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Join us for a compelling and enlightening evening of conversation with Anita and Kate about resistance, resilience, and love during the frontier wars.

    $45
  • NAIDOC Week: Dreamtime Rhythms

    Eltham Library Panther Place, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Celebrate the vibrancy of Aboriginal culture with traditional dance, Didgeridoo melodies, storytelling, and artefacts. This event offers a profound journey into Indigenous heritage, honouring its beauty, diversity, and enduring spirit.

    Free
  • NAIDOC Week: Deadly Stories and Craft

    Eltham Library Panther Place, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    Celebrate First Nations language, culture and community through storytelling, dance and song. In Eltham Library's NAIDOC Week (naidoc.org.au) Deadly Stories hear from and learn about First Nations picture books that families (more...)

    Free
  • NAIDOC Week: Author Talk – Astronomy: Sky Country

    Watsonia Library 4-6 Ibbottson Street, Watsonia, Victoria, Australia

    Join Krystal De Napoli for a discussion of her book 'Astronomy: Sky Country' and explore the connections between Aboriginal environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars.

    Free