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BOORLOO KWEDJANG BARDIP YANGINY HERITAGE 16 –18 April 2021 PERTH WEEKEND Image credit Tram on Barrack Street, Perth, 1950. Image from the City of Perth Cultural Collections Presented by Supported by visitperth.com CELEBRATE WITH US AND BRING HISTORY TO LIFE! LORD In its 11th year and featuring more than 130 events and activities, Heritage Perth Weekend is brought to you by the City of Perth. This program will inspire you to come MAYOR and experience Perth’s amazing natural, cultural and built heritage. We are certainly WELCOME spoilt for choice when it comes to places and stories of significance in the city. FOREWORD This weekend gives us a chance to delve deeper into our heritage with informative WANJU! WELCOME TO walks, talks, storytelling, interactive workshops, exhibitions and immersive experiences THIS YEAR’S HERITAGE to explore. New events shine a light on our multicultural and Aboriginal history, including truth‑telling yarns from Whadjuk Nyoongar Elders and fun activities from PERTH WEEKEND WANJU! the Chung Wah Association, just to name a couple from the many free events on offer. BOORLOO KWEDJANG I am excited to announce the introduction of Family Friday, dedicated to families In its 11th year, this weekend will shine a light on Perth to experience our city’s rich past together. Coming from Greek heritage, I’m looking BARDIP YANGINY City’s history. The weekend features the telling and re‑telling forward to bringing my young family along so that all of us can enjoy and learn of stories, enthralling history and heritage walks, behind more about our wonderful city. I look forward to seeing you all there! Perth’s cultural identity is living, breathing and evolving. the scenes tours of iconic and curious heritage buildings, It is woven through our built, natural and social children’s activities and exhibitions. Kwedjang Boorloo kedala 2021 landscapes. With the guidance of the Bridyas (Elders/ This year we are proud to announce an additional offering Ngalang bardip baalap winin-kadak. bosses) we have introduced dual naming for this event – Family Friday on 16th April. This day gives special Yoowarl koorl moorditj kedala-k. Nidja maar-maar-keny bonar Boorloo yang to reflect the importance of the cultural heritage of the focus on activities that support children and families to noonook-al boola nakolak wer malayin kwedjang Boorloo-k. Ngalak boola Whadjuk Nyoongar peoples of Boorloo (Perth). explore, learn and experience our City’s fascinating past miya wer bardip Boorloo-l baranginy. This program of events celebrates the many stories of our together, encouraging the next generation of cultural Nidja kedala ngalak dandjoo koora djinanginy, barniny, nakolak wer bardip capital and its neighbourhoods. We hope these cultural heritage champions. waangkaniny. Bandang malayin moort koodjir bardip yanginy. Wadjak events help create a better understanding of our shared We welcome everyone to enjoy the events on offer and Nyoongar Birdiya baalap karnadjil waangkaniny. Chung Wah Association history and the community we live in. Boorloo Kwedjang to share in the stories of the past with friends and family. wer wama baalap boola djoorap waabiny wer warniny. Baradip Yanginy – Perth Old Story Sharing. Enjoy! Ngany djoorap-kadak, nidja milka Moort Friday. Moort-ak dandjoo koora djinang. Ngany Greek malayin-kadak. Ngany djoorap koorl moort-kadak Boorloo-k. Nganyang koort baal djoorabiny kwobidak Boorloo-l kaadadjiny. Djinang noonook alidja ana? Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas WHAT’S ON IN 2021 FAMILY FRIDAY 16 APRIL We have an incredible 133 events happening over 47 events are on offer on Family Friday with 22 of the weekend throughout the City. We have more than these designed for families with children, perfect for 30 first time presenters this year and we warmly welcome school holiday activities. I WELCOME YOU ALL TO BOORLOO KWEDJANG BARDIP YANGINY them to the program. You can turn up at any time to many of these events, ELDER (PERTH OLD STORY SHARING). We welcome Jim Morrison from Yokai, an organisation including ‘Perth Wasn’t Built in a Day – Sensational Surveying, a life without limits’. This is an opportunity for all to come and engage with Nyoongar culture in the heart that supports the survivors and families of the Stolen Presented by the WA Institution of Surveyors, these of Boorloo. My culture, Nyoongar Culture, is about stories – stories told to our children Generation. Yokai invites you to come and listen to FARLEY interactive workshops at Cathedral Square invite who learn our lore and culture. For our youth, it is about guiding them along in life. Our the sharing of stories. This event will take place in the families to experience firsthand the old methods family is an extended family where we all come together, sit down, tell stories and share. dedicated place for healing in Wellington Square, also GARLETT named Koolangka Koolangka Waabiny, meaning Children surveyors used for the surveys of the Perth townsite In this year’s three‑day program, I invite you to bring along your extended families Children’s Playground in Whadjuk Nyoongar language. in the 1880s. and take part in all the events on offer. Get the kids to paint and yarn with Djurandi Bindi Bindi Dreaming will be cooking up a KULBARDI Dreaming, or take part in Bindi Bindi Dreaming’s Aboriginal cooking classes and learn We are delighted to welcome Traditional Owner, Kerry‑Ann storm in the Perth Town Hall, offering intergenerational about our wonderful traditional bush foods. Come and sit around the sacred campfire Winmar, Nyungar Tours, who has a strong family traditional bush cooking classes for the whole family, at Mata Gerup with Moordity Bridyas Uncle Ben Taylor and Aunty Margaret Culbong history of ancient customs and traditions in Beeloo (Perth) gathering to share the meal at the end. who will tell you about the importance of this land to us. Come and hear our voice and Kaarta Gar‑up (Kings Park). Kerry Ann will present sharing our stories with you. Yorga Mia – Women’s Business, sharing ancient knowledge Western Power is presenting family workshops of the bush that was passed down to her for generations. for the first time where you can discover how Wandjoo Boorloo-k kwedjang bardip yanginy. Noonook yoowarl koorl the energy industry plays a critical part in the ngalak dandjoo Nyoongar malayin koort Boorloo-k yanginy. Nganyang We also welcome the Chung Wah Association, development of the city in ‘Innovating the electricity malayin Nyoongar malayin baal waangkan kwedjang nakolak-ngat wer who extend a warm invitation for visitors to learn about grid, past, present and future’. malayin bardip koolangka-k. Ngalang mandi wer moort dandjoo nyin, early Chinese history in Perth and Western Australia. waangkan bardip wer yang. The Association was formed in 1910 to support the social The recently refurbished His Majesty’s Theatre welfare of its members, promote Chinese culture and foster will be holding behind the scenes tours and Nidja bonar dambart kedala noonook wer noonan moort nidja koorl goodwill between the Chinese and local community. activities where visitors can explore staging Koolangka maar bardaariny wer waangkan Djurandi-l koondarminy Bring your family and take part in the whole day of cultural technology used to make magic happen. ka Bindi Bindi koondarminy marlak mereny kaadadjiny wer dookerniny. activities, workshops and exhibitions they have on offer on With so many events on offer on Family Yoowarl koorl Mata Gerup kaal-ak-ngat moorditj birdiya-l Kongk Ben Taylor Family Friday. Friday there is something for everyone wer Maam yok Margaret Culbong. Baalap noonook-al yang wer kaadatj to take delight from. Nyoongar boodja nakolak. CircusWA is another exciting new presenter with young performers to take you on a trip back to the popular circus Yoowarl koorl, dwaangk kaadatj ngalang bardip waangkaniny ngalak days of Perth in the 1920s, giving us all the chance to yang noonook-al. experience the shenanigans of the old circus spectacles. RETURNING FAVOURITES NEW OFFERINGS WHAT’S ON This weekend just wouldn’t be the same without the This year we have expanded the program to include some continued support of long‑term Heritage Weekend surprising and unexpected presenters. Celia Tait, Executive presenters: Perth’s popular heritage author and advocate Producer of the hit TV Series Every Family Has A Secret, CBD | KARBOORDUP 30 Dirty Deeds Resurrected at NORTHBRIDGE | YANDILUP Richard Offen will present an engaging talk on Perth’s will present a talk on what it takes to create a hit history series, Cathedral Square 1 Uglieland 1 Chung Wah Association Open House Oldest Buildings, telling the story of their birth and the sharing behind the scene workings of investigative historical 31 Secret Gardens Trilogy 2 Experience our City’s Heart of Gold 2 Spices and all things nice people behind their creation. There are some fascinating research. On a completely different topic, Dr Glenn 32 3 Painting and yarning session with A brief history of London Court heritage walking tours on offer by the UWA Historical Moore, Curator of Fishes at WA Museum‑Boola Bardip, 3 Paper Mountain History Tour Whadjuk Nyoongar artist Justin Martin 33 Ten things to see differently in Perth Society where you can discover the history, art and will present an engaging talk on the role of the history of fish 4 Oh Hey Wa: Northbridge History 34 Mad Hatter’s Workshop architecture of the heritage buildings of the UWA Campus. biodiversity in Perth and why the museum collects. 4 Perth Wasn’t Built in a Day Sensational And Heritage Tour Surveying, a Life without Limits 35 Every Family Has A Secret Heritage favourite Wesley Church recently celebrated Exhibitions include “The women should have a voice”: 5 Oh Hey Wa: Northbridge People 5 Unknown Territory Royal Perth Hospital 36 Perth’s Oldest Buildings with Historian 150 years since it opened in 1870.