CONNECTION TO COUNTRY DAY

Connection to Country Day 

Wednesday 4 December | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 

Tickets are included in Full Delegate Registration types, but are not included in Exhibition Registrations. Children tickets can be purchased separately | Adult guests can attend only if  registered as a Fully Attending Guest. 

Eligible delegates can select their group during the registration process. Group numbers are strictly limited. 

Activities are not interchangeable, the delegate must stay with their chosen group for the day. 


Group 1: Boomerang Making / Painting / Botanical Gardens Tour

10AM-12PM - Boomerang Making Workshop with Kuma Kaaru
1PM-3PM - Canvas Painting with Kuma Kaaru
4PM-6PM - Botanical Garden Tour with Kuma Kaaru

This group will go offsite for a tour of the Botanical Gardens. Participants will be transported to/from the gardens by bus. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Group 2: Dance / Art Class / Boomerang Making

10AM-12PM - Dance Workshop with Kuma Kaaru
1PM-3PM - Aboriginal Art Classes with Southern Cultural Immersion
4PM-6PM - Boomerang Making Workshop with Kuma Kaaru

All activities for this group will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 3: Botanical Gardens Tour / Dance / Weaving

10AM-12PM - Botanical Garden Tour with Kuma Kaaru
1PM-3PM - Dance Workshop with Kuma Kaaru
4PM-6PM - Weaving Workshop with Micky Barlow

This group will go offsite for a tour of the Botanical Gardens. Participants will be transported to/from the gardens by bus. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 4: Art Class / Weaving / River Torrens Tour

10AM-12PM - Aboriginal Art Classes with Southern Cultural Immersion
1PM-3PM - Weaving Workshop with Micky Barlow
4PM-6PM – River Torrens Tour with Frank Wangutya Wanganeen

This group will go offsite for a tour of the River Torrens. Participants will depart on foot as the tour will begin at the ACC. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 5: Weaving / River Torrens Tour / Painting

10AM-12PM - Weaving Workshop with Micky Barlow
1PM-3PM - River Torrens Tour with Frank Wangutya Wanganeen
4PM-6PM - Canvas Painting with Kuma Kaaru

This group will go offsite for a tour of the River Torrens. Participants will depart on foot as the tour will begin at the ACC. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 6: River Torrens Tour / Boomerang Making / Art Class

10AM-12PM - River Torrens Tour with Frank Wangutya Wanganeen
1PM-3PM - Boomerang Making Workshop with Kuma Kaaru
4PM-6PM - Aboriginal Art Classes with Southern Cultural Immersion

This group will go offsite for a tour of the River Torrens. Participants will depart on foot as the tour will begin at the ACC. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 7: Painting / Botanical Gardens Tour / Dance

10AM-12PM - Canvas Painting with Kuma Kaaru
1PM-3PM - Botanical Garden Tour with Kuma Kaaru
4PM-6PM - Dance Workshop with Kuma Kaaru

This group will go offsite for a tour of the Botanical Gardens. Participants will be transported to/from the gardens by bus. The other two activities will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. 

Group 8: Tiwi Island Women's Choir - A Day Together

This group will spend the full day with the Tiwi Island Women’s Chior at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The day will include the teaching of dance, the process of weaving, singing together, and the sharing of stories. 

Ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparringutha.
Ngadlu-rlu Kaurna miyurna, yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku pukinangku tarrkarri-arra tampinthi.
Ngadlu-rlu Kaurna miyurna parnaku yarta, yailtya, tapa purruna tampinthi.
Ngadlu-rlu Kaurna Pukiana miyurna puki-puki-nangku, Kaurna Purkarna yalaka tampinthi.
Ngadlu-rlu yaitya miyurna iyangka yalaka kumarta pangkarra Wirltuthidnanangku, kumarta pangkarra warrunangku tampinthi.

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands we will gather on.
We acknowledge and respect the Kaurna people’s cultural, spiritual, physical and emotional connection with their land, waters and community. We pay respect to elders both past and present. 
We extend that respect to other First Nations People and their Indigenous lands across the globe.


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conference@aida.org.au

CONTACT THE ORGANISERS

All Occasions Group
12 Stirling Street, Thebarton, SA, Australia, 5031
(61) 8 8125 2200
conference@aomevents.com 

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