Joyce Clague at National Aboriginal Day (NAIDOC Week)
Joyce Clague at National Aboriginal Day (NAIDOC Week)
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
NAIDOC Week celebrates First Nations cultural excellence and the enduring legacies of community leaders and Elders.
Pauline Clague, Head of First Nations Engagement at the NFSA, shares moments of protest, creativity and lasting change from her family archive. This footage from the ABC Archives shows Pauline’s mother, Joyce Clague (née Mercy), walking with the Lieutenant-Governor of NSW on National Aboriginal Day (the forerunner to NAIDOC Week) in the late 1950s.
At a NAIDOC demonstration in Sydney on 10 July 1964, Joyce Clague spoke about a range of issues facing First Nations communities, from education to housing. ’[Aboriginal people] have suffered great wrongs … our land was taken without compensation … Aboriginal children in this state have only been taught by trained teachers for about 15 years … There is a need to ensure that we have equal opportunities in the future.’
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
NAIDOC Week celebrates First Nations cultural excellence and the enduring legacies of community leaders and Elders.
Pauline Clague, Head of First Nations Engagement at the NFSA, shares moments of protest, creativity and lasting change from her family archive. This footage from the ABC Archives shows Pauline’s mother, Joyce Clague (née Mercy), walking with the Lieutenant-Governor of NSW on National Aboriginal Day (the forerunner to NAIDOC Week) in the late 1950s.
At a NAIDOC demonstration in Sydney on 10 July 1964, Joyce Clague spoke about a range of issues facing First Nations communities, from education to housing. ’[Aboriginal people] have suffered great wrongs … our land was taken without compensation … Aboriginal children in this state have only been taught by trained teachers for about 15 years … There is a need to ensure that we have equal opportunities in the future.’
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