North Sydney LGA & City of Sydney LGA – Principles of Cooperation Signing
Metro signed the Principles of Cooperation with the North Sydney LGA on Friday, 17th March 2006 and with City of Sydney LGA on Tuesday, 11 March 2006. Metro are pleased the North Sydney LGA and the City of Sydney LGA have embraced reconciliation and acknowledge Metro as a key stakeholder on issues of Aboriginal culture and heritage within their boundaries. Metro and our members are hopeful this will be another step towards forging an ongoing working relationship with both LGA’s. If you would like further information about the event please contact the Metro office.
Guringai Festival
The Northern Sydney Regional Representative, Lee Mladenovic is the Chairperson of the Guringai Festival. The Guringai Festival is a modern day corroboree aiming to bring the Northern Sydney community together to celebrate Aboriginal heritage, history and culture. For more information please download the brochure below.
Guringai Festival Brochure
Saturday Family Day Outings
Metro and other local Aboriginal organizations host regular Saturday Family Day Outings during the spring and summer seasons. The outings are for the local Aboriginal community to encourage families to get active together while strengthening community ties. Contact Metro office for more details.
2005 Annual Cultural Gathering
Each year Metro is host to a huge gathering of members to bring together the community and celebrate Aboriginal culture and family values. For 2005, the members decided on Jambaroo Recreation Park near Wollongong as the venue for the gathering. The children entertained themselves with the waterslides and mountain rides while parents were able to join in or relax in the shade. The highlight for the day being ‘Black Santa’ who arrived on a golf buggy to the surprise of everyone including other visitors to the park on the day. The Annual Cultural Gatherings have become one of the biggest events of the year for our members with attendance reaching more than 500 people. Events such as these give the members and their families something to look forward to and really bring the community spirit alive. Members always volunteer their time with cooking, supervising, helping Santa, and even ‘Black Santa’, this year it was Joseph Walker.