The Gulanga Program

03/07/2026

We hope you are well, keeping warm and excited for NAIDOC week!

Welcome to the Gulanga Newsletter Edition #1 July 2026, with all of the information regarding NAIDOC week events, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander news and current jobs.

If you would like to add anything into our next newsletter, please reach out and we will ensure we include it.

HAPPY NAIDOC WEEK everyone
🖤💛❤️🖤🤍💙💚

31/03/2026

Reminder‼️Please join us tomorrow for an update on the Gulanga Program

Please join us for the next ATSIComSec Network meeting❗️️

📆Wednesday 1st April 2026
🕗 11am-2pm
🍟 light refreshments
📍Boomanulla Oval, 169 Goyder St, Narrabundah

15/03/2026

Please join us for the next ATSIComSec Network meeting❗️️

📆Wednesday 1st April 2026
🕗 11am-2pm
🍟 light refreshments
📍Boomanulla Oval, 169 Goyder St, Narrabundah

11/02/2026

Their mission was to shine a light on the marginalisation of Aboriginal people in New South Wales towns. During their fifteen day journey through regional New South Wales, the group would directly challenge a ban against Aboriginal ex-servicemen at the Walgett Returned Services League, and local laws barring Aboriginal children from the Moree and Kempsey swimming pools.

If you'd like to know more: https://www.commonground.org.au/article/1965-freedom-ride
Artwork by Rachelle Kelly-Church

11/02/2026

Welcome to Country occurs at the beginning of a formal event and can take many forms including singing, dancing, smoking ceremonies, and/or a speech.

Traditional owners are not welcoming people to Australia, they are welcoming to the land within their cultural boundaries which their ancestors have cared for, and lived on, for millennia.

If you'd like to know more: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/reconciliation/acknowledgement-of-country-and-welcome-to-country/
Artwork by Rachelle Kelly-Church

25/11/2025

🎅🏾🎄✨ Gulanga Team Christmas Lunch Invite ✨🎄🤶🏾
The Gulanga Team invites you to join us for a fun and relaxing Christmas lunch before the holiday hustle begins!

🍽️ Food and soft drinks are on us – so come down, unwind, and enjoy a meal with community.

🎄 Open to all members of the Canberra Aboriginal community – we’d love to see you there!

📍 Location: Rose Cottage, 1 Isabella Dr, Gilmore ACT 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM 📆 Date: 11 December 2025

🎁Let’s share good food, laughter, and festive cheer together before the Christmas stress kicks in.

04/11/2025

Remembering lives lost to su***de 🌻