A joyous celebration at Lithgow Library on Thursday, August 30, matched the vibrant yellow flowers in bloom across our region.
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A large crowd gathered to celebrate Wattle Day at a morning tea hosted by Lithgow and District Community Nursery, Lithgow and Oberon Landcare Association and Lithgow Tidy Towns, with many wearing yellow to mark the occasion.
The event opened with a song in Wiradjuri language performed by artists Uncle Bob Sutor, Aunty Ceane Towers and Aunty Leana Star.
“I’m a proud Wiradjrui man born here in Lithgow,” Uncle Adrian Williams said during the event’s Welcome to Country.
“I would just like to say to our people the importance of acknowledgment and the importance of welcome is that anybody who come through our land has safe passage, from evil spirits, bad karma, and to wish them good health and good luck and safe travels as they come through our land and stay on our land.”
Aunty Ceane Towers performed a dance she had choreographed around the theme of wattle.
“I want to thank everyone for coming. Spring’s coming on, when the wattle starts coming out it’s time for ceremony for our people living on this land. So it’s really nice this has been organised,” she said.
Lithgow Public School students shared a song about the wattle flower and were followed by a performance from the library's ukulele group.
Helen Drewe, one of the authors of Native Plants of Hassans Walls, spoke at about species of wattle native to the LGA and Local Land Services representatives were available for questions.
Wattle Day celebrates Australia's national floral emblem and is a great reminder to head outdoors to see the 80 species of wattle we have in our local area in bloom.
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