This is the programme for our seminar in the Warrumbungle Shire on 10 & 11 April 2008
“Know your people, know your land, know yourself”
Thursday 10 April 2008
12:00 noon Lunch at Coonabarabran Shire Hall
1:00pm Welcome to Country – Uncle Bill Robinson, Burra Bee Dee Elders Group
1:30pm Welcome to Warrumbungle Shire – Peter Shinton, Mayor of Warrumbungle Shire
1:45pm Preserving and interpreting the story of Burra Bee Dee – Ray Christison, Heritage Advisor, Warrumbungle Shire Council
2:30pm Cultural Strategies: The Gamilaroy Gallop – Bob Sutherland, Dept of Environment & Climate Change
3:00pm Afternoon tea
3:20pm Cultural Strategies: Sculpture in the Scrub – Bob Sutherland, Dept of Environment & Climate Change
4:00pm Discussion
4:30pm Close
6:30pm Dinner at the Golden Sea Dragon Restaurant
Friday 11 April 2008
7:30am Join coach to Burra Bee Dee Mission site outside Shire Hall, John Street
8:00am Breakfast at Burra Bee Dee Mission site
8:45am Tour of Burra Bee Dee – Burra Bee Dee Elders
10:00am Join coach – travel to Baradine via Bugaldie
11:00am Visit to Baradine Local Aboriginal Land Council
11:30am Lunch at Baradine Local Aboriginal Land Council – optional Heritage walking tour of Baradine
12:30pm Depart for Sandstone Cave – Travel along No.1 Break Road through the Pilliga Forest
1:15pm Visit Sandstone Cave
2:00pm Return to Coonabarabran