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NAIDOC Week: Keep the fire burning
Manage episode 428465959 series 3379763
This week is NAIDOC week, a time for all Australians to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and Ruby has passed the News Time microphone over to Carli Willis - a journalist from the Torres Strait Islands.
Quiz Questions
- 1.What's the theme for NAIDOC week this year?
- 2.Can you name at least one of the colours on the Torres Strait Islands flag, and what it represents?
- 3.Elsie Seriat recently became mayor of Torres Shire Council. What's special about her becoming mayor?
- 4.Which animal are rangers in the Torres Strait trying to keep off the islands?
- 5.What's the name of the football competition that people participated in?
Bonus Tricky Question
Can you name one of the winning teams at the footy competition?
Answers
- 1.Keep the fire burning: Blak, loud and proud
- 2.Green stripes at the top and bottom to represent the land, black lines next to them to represent the people, and a big blue part in the middle to represent the sea. In the middle is a white Dhari, a ceremonial headdress, and a five-pointed star, to represent the five major island groups.
- 3.She's the first traditional owner to become mayor, and the second ever woman
- 4.Cane toads
- 5.Island of Origin
Bonus Tricky Answer
Paga Panthers or NQ United Sista
258 episodes
Manage episode 428465959 series 3379763
This week is NAIDOC week, a time for all Australians to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and Ruby has passed the News Time microphone over to Carli Willis - a journalist from the Torres Strait Islands.
Quiz Questions
- 1.What's the theme for NAIDOC week this year?
- 2.Can you name at least one of the colours on the Torres Strait Islands flag, and what it represents?
- 3.Elsie Seriat recently became mayor of Torres Shire Council. What's special about her becoming mayor?
- 4.Which animal are rangers in the Torres Strait trying to keep off the islands?
- 5.What's the name of the football competition that people participated in?
Bonus Tricky Question
Can you name one of the winning teams at the footy competition?
Answers
- 1.Keep the fire burning: Blak, loud and proud
- 2.Green stripes at the top and bottom to represent the land, black lines next to them to represent the people, and a big blue part in the middle to represent the sea. In the middle is a white Dhari, a ceremonial headdress, and a five-pointed star, to represent the five major island groups.
- 3.She's the first traditional owner to become mayor, and the second ever woman
- 4.Cane toads
- 5.Island of Origin
Bonus Tricky Answer
Paga Panthers or NQ United Sista
258 episodes
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