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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 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 walks, talks, storytelling, interactive workshops, exhibitions and immersive experiences 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 the Chung Wah Association, just to name a couple from the many free events on offer. I am excited to announce the introduction of Family Friday, dedicated to families to experience our city’s rich past together. Coming from Greek heritage, I’m looking forward to bringing my young family along so that all of us can enjoy and learn more about our wonderful city. I look forward to seeing you all there! Kwedjang Boorloo kedala 2021 Ngalang bardip baalap winin-kadak. Yoowarl koorl moorditj kedala-k. Nidja maar-maar-keny bonar Boorloo yang noonook-al boola nakolak wer malayin kwedjang Boorloo-k. Ngalak boola miya wer bardip Boorloo-l baranginy. Nidja kedala ngalak dandjoo koora djinanginy, barniny, nakolak wer bardip waangkaniny. Bandang malayin moort koodjir bardip yanginy. Wadjak Nyoongar Birdiya baalap karnadjil waangkaniny. Chung Wah Association wer wama baalap boola djoorap waabiny wer warniny. 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 I WELCOME YOU ALL TO BOORLOO KWEDJANG BARDIP YANGINY ELDER (PERTH OLD STORY SHARING). This is an opportunity for all to come and engage with Nyoongar culture in the heart FARLEY of Boorloo. My culture, Nyoongar Culture, is about stories – stories told to our children who learn our lore and culture. For our youth, it is about guiding them along in life. Our GARLETT family is an extended family where we all come together, sit down, tell stories and share. In this year’s three-day program, I invite you to bring along your extended families and take part in all the events on offer. Get the kids to paint and yarn with Djurandi KULBARDI Dreaming, or take part in Bindi Bindi Dreaming’s Aboriginal cooking classes and learn about our wonderful traditional bush foods. Come and sit around the sacred campfire at Mata Gerup with Moordity Bridyas Uncle Ben Taylor and Aunty Margaret Culbong who will tell you about the importance of this land to us. Come and hear our voice sharing our stories with you. Wandjoo Boorloo-k kwedjang bardip yanginy. Noonook yoowarl koorl ngalak dandjoo Nyoongar malayin koort Boorloo-k yanginy. Nganyang malayin Nyoongar malayin baal waangkan kwedjang nakolak-ngat wer malayin bardip koolangka-k. Ngalang mandi wer moort dandjoo nyin, waangkan bardip wer yang. Nidja bonar dambart kedala noonook wer noonan moort nidja koorl Koolangka maar bardaariny wer waangkan Djurandi-l koondarminy ka Bindi Bindi koondarminy marlak mereny kaadadjiny wer dookerniny. Yoowarl koorl Mata Gerup kaal-ak-ngat moorditj birdiya-l Kongk Ben Taylor wer Maam yok Margaret Culbong. Baalap noonook-al yang wer kaadatj Nyoongar boodja nakolak. Yoowarl koorl, dwaangk kaadatj ngalang bardip waangkaniny ngalak yang noonook-al. WELCOME WANJU! WELCOME TO THIS YEAR’S HERITAGE PERTH WEEKEND WANJU! BOORLOO KWEDJANG In its 11th year, this weekend will shine a light on Perth BARDIP YANGINY City’s history. The weekend features the telling and re-telling of stories, enthralling history and heritage walks, behind 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. landscapes. With the guidance of the Bridyas (Elders/ This year we are proud to announce an additional offering bosses) we have introduced dual naming for this event – Family Friday on 16th April. This day gives special to reflect the importance of the cultural heritage of the focus on activities that support children and families to Whadjuk Nyoongar peoples of Boorloo (Perth). explore, learn and experience our City’s fascinating past This program of events celebrates the many stories of our together, encouraging the next generation of cultural capital and its neighbourhoods. We hope these cultural heritage champions. events help create a better understanding of our shared We welcome everyone to enjoy the events on offer and history and the community we live in. Boorloo Kwedjang to share in the stories of the past with friends and family. Baradip Yanginy – Perth Old Story Sharing. Enjoy! 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. them to the program. You can turn up at any time to many of these events, We welcome Jim Morrison from Yokai, an organisation including ‘Perth Wasn’t Built in a Day – that supports the survivors and families of the Stolen Sensational Surveying, a life without limits’. Generation. Yokai invites you to come and listen to Presented by the WA Institution of Surveyors, these the sharing of stories. This event will take place in the interactive workshops at Cathedral Square invite dedicated place for healing in Wellington Square, also families to experience firsthand the old methods named Koolangka Koolangka Waabiny, meaning Children surveyors used for the surveys of the Perth townsite Children’s Playground in Whadjuk Nyoongar language. in the 1880s. We are delighted to welcome Traditional Owner, Kerry-Ann Bindi Bindi Dreaming will be cooking up a Winmar, Nyungar Tours, who has a strong family storm in the Perth Town Hall, offering intergenerational history of ancient customs and traditions in Beeloo (Perth) traditional bush cooking classes for the whole family, and Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). Kerry Ann will present gathering to share the meal at the end. 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 We also welcome the Chung Wah Association, the energy industry plays a critical part in the who extend a warm invitation for visitors to learn about development of the city in ‘Innovating the electricity early Chinese history in Perth and Western Australia. grid, past, present and future’. 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 goodwill between the Chinese and local community. activities where visitors can explore staging Bring your family and take part in the whole day of cultural technology used to make magic happen. activities, workshops and exhibitions they have on offer on With so many events on offer on Family Family Friday. Friday there is something for everyone CircusWA is another exciting new presenter with young to take delight from. performers to take you on a trip back to the popular circus days of Perth in the 1920s, giving us all the chance to experience the shenanigans of the old circus spectacles. RETURNING FAVOURITES NEW OFFERINGS 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, Richard Offen will present an engaging talk on Perth’s will present a talk on what it takes to create a hit history series, Oldest Buildings, telling the story of their birth and the sharing behind the scene workings of investigative historical people behind their creation. There are some fascinating research. On a completely different topic, Dr Glenn heritage walking tours on offer by the UWA Historical Moore, Curator of Fishes at WA Museum-Boola Bardip, Society where you can discover the history, art and will present an engaging talk on the role of the history of fish architecture of the heritage buildings of the UWA Campus. biodiversity in Perth and why the museum collects. Heritage favourite Wesley Church recently celebrated Exhibitions include “The women should have a voice”: 150 years since it opened in 1870. Plan your visit so you Edith Cowan’s legacy of social justice in Western Australia can enjoy one of the wonderful recitals performing over the at Perth’s oldest standing building, the Old Law Court weekend, featuring some of Perth’s top young performers Museum. Check out the very relevant “Unknown Territory as well as some of Perth’s premier classical music groups. – Royal Perth Hospital and a History of Epidemics” at the Royal Perth Hospital Museum. Something for everyone! City of Perth would like to thank the following supporters of Heritage Perth Weekend | Boorloo Kwedjang Bardip Yanginy: City of Perth Elders Advisory Group, Activate Perth, Development WA, Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA), National Trust of Western Australia, Primewest, Ben Elton Cover image: Tram on Barrack Street, Perth, 1950.