Highlanders celebrated Aboriginal culture last week as part of the national NAIDOC Week celebrations.
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A two-day community exhibition was held on November 13 and 14 at the Bowral Memorial Hall as the centerpiece of this year's scaled back celebrations.
Across the two days, 140 people attended the exhibition.
Some of the items on display included examples of basket weaving and boomerang painting.
A video from within the newly created Guula Ngurra National Park in Canyonleigh was also a part of the exhibition.
"This area has rich cultural significance to the Gundungurra Aboriginal people and the name Guula Ngurra means 'Koala country' in their language," council's Aboriginal community development officer Melissa Wiya said prior to the event.
NAIDOC Week was celebrated nationally between November 8 -15, 2020.
The theme for this year's NAIDOC Week is 'Always Was, Always Will Be' and recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.
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