Carve your own clapsticks and learn about Aboriginal culture with Milan Dhiiyaan at our family-friendly gathering.

Milan Dhiiyaan means ‘one family or one mob’, referring to all of us, all of humanity, as one family on mother earth.

Milan Dhiiyaan provides Aboriginal cultural immersion experiences for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

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Join in an acknowledgment of country ceremony & enjoy a connection to country meditation
Make your own clapsticks and learn how to play them.
Learn about Aboriginal culture.
Enjoy nourishing campfire cooked food.

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Your guides:

Wirradjirri/Wailwaan songwoman Fleur Magick Dennis and Wailwaan/Yuin songman Laurance Magick Dennis: both from Milan Dhiiyaan.

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Your hosts:

Tricia and her family. You'll have a chance to stickybeak in their shipping container tiny home.

LEF Tiny Home

Inclusions:

Timber for clapsticks
A campfire cooked lunch plus morning and afternoon tea.

Cost:

The workshop costs $150.

Friends or children not participating in the clapstick making are welcome to attend. There will be plenty of wild play and campfire gazing happening. Please select a free Tagalong Adult or Tagalong Child ticket so that we have numbers for catering. Tagalongs are welcome to make a donation towards the cost of catering on the day.

Location:

Milbrodale, NSW (around 1 hr from Newcastle, 1.5 hrs from Central Coast, and 2.5 hours from Sydney).

The address will be provided to registrants prior to the event.

Second gathering the following day.

A Women's Business workshop will be held on the Sunday, with gunya (Aboriginal shelter) making for the men and children. More information here.