Blue Mountains City Council First Nations Community Updates

Trainee Business Administration (First Nations)

No experience required!

Take this opportunity to kick start your career and earn while you learn! You will be given the opportunity to learn new skills, gain a nationally recognised qualification and be mentored by long standing Council employees serving the local community. Cadetships, Apprenticeships and Traineeships are jobs that combine work and structured training and are a great way to start your future career. In these positions you will:

• boost your skills by having the opportunity to learn as you work in a hands on environment
• gain a nationally recognised qualification
• earn a weekly salary or wage
• gain industry experience, and
• have the ability to access and learn about other areas of the business.

For more information visit https://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/trainees

Deepen your business skills with a course designed for Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals with University of Melbourne.

https://mbs.edu/short-courses/murra-indigenous-business-program

The Springwood Theatre and Community Hub are hosting an artwork from the Australian Museum that celebrates native bird species.

There will be a Launch on Saturday 15 February including a Wagana dance performance.

For more information follow the link https://australian.museum/publications/birds-storybox/about/#page-section-storybox

Council is hosting a new screening commission from the Sydney Opera House on the evening of Saturday 22 February at the Wentworth Falls School of Arts.Of the six films, two are from First Nations artists:

Gatekeepers by Blak Social (Alethea Beetson)

https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/shortwave-new-screen-commissions-2024/videos/shortwave-blak-social-gatekeepers-2024

Look Intruder by Tahlia Palmer

https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/shortwave-new-screen-commissions-2024/videos/shortwave-tahlia-palmer-look-intruder-2024

Bios for both artists can be found here - https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/unwrapped-shortwave

Due to a loss in the community and with respect to Sorry Business, the Aboriginal Advisory Council (AAC) Election has been postponed from Wed 27 November until next year.

Come along to the opening night on Friday 29 November from 6 to 8pm.

Celebrate the opening of two thought-provoking exhibitions with a Gulumun Smoking Ceremony and Cunning Revived performance.

Venessa Possum: Gulumun

"As a Dharug-Muringong artist living in the Blue Mountains, I acknowledge Ngurra – Country, my ancestors and the interconnected paths and footprints that guide my artistic practices. As I transitioned into grandmotherhood, I embarked on a profound path uncovering living gulumun practices from long ago. My exhibition shares an emerging gulumun archive, a vessel presence, carried on a path of experiential being, ever mindful and open to Ngurra, teacher everywhere."

Free event. All welcome.RSVP's appreciated via culturalcentre@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Also Venessa Possum: In Conversation with Djon Mundine Saturday 25 January 11am

Cunning Revived

Cultural Centre curator Hayley Zena Poynton will open an exhibition at the end of November called Cunning Revived, which is all about magical and mystical processes, and the tradition of ritual in art and life. Poynton said “Curatorially I am strongly influenced by the natural world and the human expression of storytelling, primarily folklore and revisionist histories. My intention is to generate meaningful experiences between the artist, artwork and audience.” Featuring local artists Daisy Beattie and Yvette Hamilton, plus Tamara Elkins, Gianna Hayes, Emily Hunt, Adriana Māhanga Lear, Hayley Millar Baker, Katy B Plummer and Justine Youssef.

Housing Appeals Committee Member - Targeted Job Details | Department of Communities and Justice

Applications close 13 November 2024 at 11:59pm AEDT.

Book now for Monday 25 November.

This is a film featuring Yolgnu Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra and his extroardinary story, a 45 year long journey fighting for the political and spiritual freedom of his people. Unflinching in his delivery, yet soft in his humanity - Rev Dr Gondarra OAM has a confronting and urgent message for Australians and the world as he illuminates the long standing paradigm that controls us all.

https://www.lukungarrafilm.com/

https://mountvicflicks.com.au/sessions/luku-ngarra-the-law-of-the-land/

The community election to the Aboriginal Advisory Council for Blue Mountains City Council is coming up on Wednesday 27 November.

To be held at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre from 10am to 1pm in the workshop room.

The committee has a total of 9 members including a designated Dharug and Gundungurra custodian position.

The election will be run by independent First Nations facilitators.

Any Blue Mountains resident who is a First Nations person can nominate themselves.

Nominations can be received in advance or by 10:30am on the day. Nominations must include your name and a little bit about yourself.

To vote you must be in attendance at the election.

Morning tea provided so please RSVP to firstnations@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

If you're an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student studying or enrolling in an entry level health course, you can now apply for financial,cultural, mentoring and other supports.

To find out more follow the link