NAIDOC Week will be celebrated across Lake Macquarie and Newcastle from July 7 to 19.
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Lake Macquarie's NAIDOC celebrations will begin on Tuesday, July 9, with the Westlakes Family Fun Day.
A flag raising ceremony will be held at the council's administration building at Speers Point on Wednesday, July 10, and end with the Eastlakes Family Fun Day on Friday, July 19.
"NAIDOC Week provides an opportunity for all of us to support our local Aboriginal community and recognise and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples," Lake Macquarie City Council's community partnerships manager Andrew Bryant said.
"I encourage the community to get involved in the events planned throughout NAIDOC Week, particularly given this year's theme - Voice. Treaty. Truth. - is all about working together for a shared future."
The Westlakes NAIDOC Family Fun Day will be held at Toronto Foreshore from 10am to 3pm.
The event will begin with a march along The Boulevarde from Toronto Town Square to the foreshore, where there will be live entertainment displays from local service providers, a free community barbecue and the annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award ceremony.
The council will host its annual flag raising ceremony and morning tea on Wednesday from 9am to 11am.
The event begins with a traditional smoking ceremony outside the council chambers and a Welcome to Country, followed by cultural performances and guest speakers. This event will also mark the official launch of the council's Aboriginal Community Plan 2019-2023 'Bayikulinan'.
The Eastlakes NAIDOC Family Fun Day will be held from 10am to 3pm at Pelican Foreshore, with free entertainment including jumping castles, face painting, a free community barbecue and the Eastlakes Got Talent competition.
The contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made - and continue to make - in Australian communities, families, and to history will be celebrated in Newcastle on Monday, July 8.
A NAIDOC march will be held in Newcastle before moving into a flag raising ceremony and a community festival.
The march will begin at 8.45am at the Brake Block Park, 4 Honeysuckle Drive, Honeysuckle.
A formal flag raising to officially mark the opening of the 2019 NAIDOC Week celebrations across Newcastle will be held, followed by a march from Honeysuckle to Foreshore Park for a day of celebrations 10am-2pm.
The community festival will include market stalls, food, kids amusements, music and entertainment including by Black Comedy and screen star Steven Oliver, Christine Anu and Indigenous chef Mark Olive.
Newcastle Museum will mark NAIDOC Week with a day of free activities on Friday, July 12 between 10.30am and 1pm.
Participants will be able to learn how to make rope from Punnah (stringybark tree) with Luke Russell, join a guided tour of the museum using the Muloobinba Map with Jasmine Craciun who will highlight the Aboriginal stories and objects in the Museum collection, see the new permanent exhibition display Kuueeyung that highlights a traditional bark canoe that was made onsite at the museum last year, and shares Worrimai traditional practices and stories of transport and fishing.
All activities are free, no bookings required.
There is also a variety of NAIDOC activities happening at libraries across Newcastle.