00:00I'm here at a ceremony commemorating a coin, a fantastic coin, celebrating the 50th anniversary,
00:0750 years of NAIDOC committee run by all Aboriginal people.
00:11Only 50,000 in circulation and I'm actually joined here by the artist herself, Courtney
00:15Glass.
00:16Courtney, thanks so much for joining us.
00:17Thank you for having me.
00:19Absolute pleasure.
00:20Now tell me the design, this is here behind you, can you run me through some of the aspects
00:25of it?
00:26Yeah, of course.
00:27We've got the 50, not only it's just the currency, but it's also representing the milestone of
00:3150 years of the NAIDOC committee.
00:33We've added elements of the native plants and then we've also got some emu and kangaroo
00:38prints to really hero the connection of our people with the land.
00:44And then we've also, at the middle here, it's a very important part of it where it's got
00:49the 10 people coming together and that's representing the committee.
00:53I really wanted to hero that and make sure we're symbolising the people that are past
00:58and present of the committee and make sure they're significantly in the middle of the
01:03coin as well.
01:04Now how did you get involved in this process of designing the coin?
01:07It must have been an amazing thing to be a part of.
01:09Yeah, yeah, definitely.
01:10So it all started with an expression of interest and then we had to put together a bit of a
01:16concept and yeah, so I got very inspired by the brief and put together a concept and really
01:21wanted to make sure I heroed the NAIDOC committee within the artwork and even in the cover.
01:28So that's, yeah, so it was really cool and I'm so happy to be a part of this celebration
01:34and be the artist behind it.
01:36Amazing.
01:37And what was the feeling when you first found out that you were being selected?
01:39Your design was going in a coin in circulation, immortalised in metal.
01:42It was unreal and I was really, really shocked and I guess it was really amazing to be a
01:48girl from Katherine being selected and yeah, a proud moment for me and also my family.
01:53Amazing.
01:54Now you mentioned you're from Katherine, we're in Adelaide at the moment and you've brought
01:57your family down.
01:58Yes, yes.
01:59How excited is it to have them here?
02:02They mean the world to me so it's really great to have them here and just to be able to celebrate
02:07this moment with them.
02:08Fantastic.
02:09And what does NAIDOC mean to you as a committee, as a celebration?
02:13What does that mean to you?
02:14Yeah, it's a special week.
02:16It's a week that I always celebrate with family and mob, either like I currently live in Sydney
02:22so I like to get involved with the community there or when I'm at home I like to do the
02:28march in Katherine but yeah, it's always a time to come together and be with mob and
02:33also celebrate with my family.
02:35Fantastic.
02:36You can catch Courtney's design on this commemorative coin, it's available on the Royal Australian
02:41Mint's website and they'll be in circulation from tomorrow.
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