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Upgrading the trail. "I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people who are the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land. While the Office of Geographic Names acknowledged both the Wurundjeri Council and the support of the community to recognise Jessie Hunter (Gumbri), the proposal was not approved under the naming rules for places in Victoria. We are opposed to celebrating our national identity on 26 January, a day which causes such great distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The banks of the Darebin Creek also provided popular camping sites for Aboriginals prior to white settlement, especially the area that is now Bundoora Park.

We also celebrate a local event, Wurundjeri Week, which recognises the Traditional Owners of Darebin the Wurundjeri people.

Council is simply looking for more culturally respectful ways to mark 26 January. As a Council, we have a legislative responsibility to show leadership and advocate on their behalf, ensure their health and wellbeing (Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008) and foster human rights (Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006), including Aboriginal cultural rights. The sign has been removed to protect it from further damage, ensure the area surrounding the entrance is safe to pedestrians and to ensure its safekeeping for possible future use within the park once the proposed park renaming is approved. Council does not hold national celebrations on 26 January.In August 2017, Darebin Council decided not to hold a citizenship ceremony on 26 January and instead to move it to another date in the year out of respect for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The City of Darebin hosts a number of Aboriginal Peak Bodies, including associations and groups that lobby government on behalf of the interests of the members. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging." National Reconciliation Week is 27 May - 3 June 2020. No. This is a landmark decision, showing that at a national level, we are recognising our First Nations people.

The Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee (DAAC) was launched in September 2011 as an official community advisory committee to Council. The creek forms the Western Border of the City of Darebin from Heidelberg Rd in the south to Mahoneys Rd in the north. Our leisure centres will also open (but may have amended timetables). Northland.

Despite the recent outcomes of statutary rocess, Council is committed to renaming of the park and will continue to engage with the Traditional Owners and Darebin community in the planning, design and implementation of permanent signage for the main park entry. Published on 18 June 2020. Darebin's local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has told us that 26 January celebrations have a significant negative impact on their health and wellbeing.

We encourage people to reflect about what this date really means in the history of our nation and its effect on the local Aboriginal community. Darebin Creek is a creek that runs through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of approximately 66sq kilometres from Thomastown/Bundoora in the north to Clifton Hill in the south, with Merri Creek providing the vast majority of the western boundary, and the eastern boundary provided by Darebin Creek, parts of Macleod and Plenty Road in Bundoora.Of the 37 federal electoral divisions in Victoria, nine are named in Aboriginal languages: Ballarat, Corangamite, Corio, Indi, Jaga Jaga, Kooyong, Mallee, Maribyrnong, and Wannon.In November 2017 Darebin City Council, together with the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council and Yarra City Council, lodged a joint submission calling for the renaming of the Federal Electorate of Batman to the federal electorate of Simon Wonga. Please refer to the The way we mark 26 January has a significant negative impact on the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.