The theme for NAIDOC Week 2021 is ‘Heal Country’ and is a time for Indigenous communities, and Australians, to recognise and celebrate the culture and values of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Healing country means more than land, or place. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Country is family, kin, law, ceremony, traditions, and language, and it has been this way since the dawn of time. Healing Country means embracing First Nation’s cultural knowledge and understanding of Country as part of Australia's national heritage, and that these cultures and values are respected equally to the cultures and values of all Australians.
The City of Charles Sturt is located on traditional Kaurna land and includes several significant cultural sites. We have an ongoing commitment to improving Kaurna recognition and inclusion in our area.
As part of this commitment, we have collaborated with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield to produce a unique Welcome to Kaurna Country film to enable us all to embrace cultural knowledge and understanding of Country.
Kaurna Country is more than a place and is inherent to Aboriginal identity. We want people from across our Cities to know the land on which they live, work and connect with each other is Kaurna Country.
This video shares the connection of Kaurna people to land, to water, to nature. To Country.
Together, let us ‘Heal Country’.
Learn more about NAIDOC Week on the official NAIDOC website.