Around 2000 people participated in Tamworth's 2024 NAIDOC March, celebrating this year's NAIDOC Week theme: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud. Video by Jonathan Hawes
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00:00Who made this banner? I know you guys spent, you know, the last probably month painting with crystals, making this banner, and crowning me as well.
00:08So give him a big round of applause, please, for making these banners.
00:14Awesome stuff.
00:30It's always important to get out here, especially on NAIDOC week.
00:52Because me and this fellow here, we come from an era where it used to be A-Day, which was Aboriginal Day, back in the old days.
01:00Both from missions, you know, like a generation of mission people.
01:05And we've been through all the terrible years, I suppose.
01:10But we've come out the other side and, you know, 50 years ago, you wouldn't have believed that these crowds would be as big as what they are today.
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01:36What a great march that was.
01:53I think that was the most people ever marching that I've ever seen down in Peel Street.
01:57Anyway, so big, big cheer.
01:59Big round of applause for the people.
02:00Round of applause for all of you.
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