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Aboriginal flag flies on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Title:
Aboriginal flag flies on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
NFSA ID
1115279
Year
2013
Courtesy
Seven Network
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
In this short clip Weekend Sunrise presenter Jessica Rowe does a round-up of events happening around Australia in connection with Australia Day.
This clip depicts the first time the Aboriginal flag was raised next to the Australian flag on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. You can read more about what this meant to proud Kamilaroi yinarr (woman), young entrepreneur and activist Cheree Toka in her article about the 50th anniversary of the flying of the Aboriginal flag.
This edition of Weekend Sunrise was broadcast live on 26 January 2013.
Notes by Beth Taylor
Presenter
Jessica Rowe
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.