The Notre Dame University Lithgow Clinical School held its official flag raising ceremony on Tuesday, September 17 at the campus grounds.
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The Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were all raised to acknowledge the land on which the school sits.
Head of Lithgow Clinical School associate professor John Dearin welcomed guests to the ceremony.
"It's wonderful to have you all here today for the official ceremony and we are all very proud here at Notre Dame," he said.
Auntie Kym Cama said a Welcome to Country which was followed by cultural performances from Cooerwull's Willy Wagtails Valley dance group and the Yidaki Mob, a didgeridoo group.
Executive Dean at the Notre Dame School of Medicine, Fremantle and acting Dean of the School of Medicine, Sydney professor Gavin Frost said the flag ceremony was about symbols.
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"These flags symbolise and acknowledge the land on which this school sits on and says this is where we are today and that's what it's about," he said.
Head of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Health associate professor Frankie Merritt said the flags symbolised something really important.
"When you see these flags fly it means something, it shows we are acknowledging all three and linking these national flags," he said.
He said the flags were powerful in what they represented which was a point of unity.
"The meaning that we'll have them flying at a clinical school is wonderful," he said.
Guests then gathered outside of the campus to watch the raising of the flags.
The Torres Strait Islander Flag was raised by Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) coordinator Sonia Cox, the Australian flag was raised by Associate Dean Rural Michael Brydon and the Aboriginal Flag was raised by Auntie Gayle Zorz.
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