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The 2026 Ballarat/Ballaarat Survival Day Dawn Ceremony reflection and healing event hosted by the City of Ballarat's Koorie Engagement Action Group (KEAG) Advisory Committee in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members.
Transcript
00:00Today's been really good. People often wonder about what the morning's going to bring.
00:10Is it going to bring the heartache and the pain and the stories?
00:13Is it going to be a conflict against Australia Day and what it means for other people?
00:17But today for us as Aboriginal people, it's a day of mourning and reflecting about our people,
00:23our ancestors, our culture, our country, our families and a good opportunity for us to get together
00:30and just talk about it, reflect about it and being honest about the truth and the history of this country.
00:42Survival Day Dawn Ceremony is a ceremony that brings the Balak community together
00:48and it's led from the inside out and led by people in our community who come from many different mobs
00:54and to honour the space that we're on, which our country is Wadawurrung.
00:58So this is an event about solidarity, acknowledging the past.
01:02We don't want to see the same things happen again and if we don't talk about it and remember it
01:09then we feel like our voices aren't heard because they haven't been heard.
01:18That's a good idea and we want to wait.
01:23That's what is happening.
01:24Knowing that referring to mandate is is a hunger and incentives to encourage us toaca-
01:28Toge-rek önemli.
01:31We have to stay healthy.
01:32And we're here to keep going forward and waiting.
01:34Let's go.
01:35Come and see.
01:36We're on the floor now.
01:37You are the right side of the floor yesterday.
01:42We'll take time for ourselves and I'm still osing.

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