Reconciliation Week
Feather Flowers Workshop with Aunty Glenda Nicholls

To celebrate Reconciliation Week, join Aunty Glenda Nicholls (Waddi Waddi, Ngarrindjeri and Yorta Yorta) in a creative workshop in making Feather Flowers.  Learn about the cultural significance of feather flowers in Koorie communities, and view some of the precious feather flowers in the KHT Collection.  Aunty Glenda will guide you through the technique of making the flowers, as well as her belief in paying respects to birds and animals.

All materials supplied.
Light catering also provided.
Free but bookings required.
Suitable for ages 12+.  Under 18 year olds should be accompanied by an adult. 

Aunty Glenda Nicholls grew up around the Swan Hill area. Glenda watched her mother and Grandmother make feather flowers and do basket weaving.

As a Wadi Wadi, Yorta Yorta and Ngarrindgeri aritst, Aunty Glenda Nicholls grew up around the Swan Hill area. Glenda watched her mother and Grandmother make feather flowers and do basket weaving.

 Her cultural name is Jule Yarra Minj (‘little river girl’) and her maternal Ngarrindjeri totem is the Writcharuki (willy-willy wagtail).

 She is a master weaver, constructing elaborate sculptural works that connect the present with her ancestral past. She applies cultural weaving techniques acquired from her ancestors alongside intimate knowledge of the waterways, plants and grasses on her Country

 While working with the feathers Glenda liked to think of the animals and pay them respect.

 She believes in community, as it will share these traditions with future generations.

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 27 May to 3 June

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.