Melbourne & Activities
Located on Australia's southeast coat, the city of Melbourne is voted the 3rd most liveable city in the world.
The Conference is being held at the Sebel Albert Park Hotel which is located in cosmopolitan Albert Park moments from the beach and perfectly situated to enjoy all of Melbourne's attractions.
Greater Melbourne is set around the shores of Port Phillip Bay, while the city centre is laid out in a large rectangle on the northern banks of the Yarra River, about five kilometres from the bay.
This lively and cosmopolitan city combines a fanatical love for the creative arts and good living with a state-wide sports addiction to make a city like no other. Melbourne revolves around food, art, music, wine and football.
Wominjeka Yearmenn Bunjilaka
Bunjilaka is the Aboriginal Centre at Melbourne Museum, a venue of Museum Victoria. It was developed to empower Aboriginal people to interpret their own cultural heritage for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Bunjilaka holds Aboriginal cultural heritage items from a collection that is one of the most significant in the world. In addition to exhibition and performance spaces, there are private areas such as a Keeping Place where the community can meet and view their cultural heritage material. This enables Aboriginal people to retain ownership and interpretation of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage material in Museum Victoria's collections and actively and directly contribute to the preservation of their culture.
We encourage Conference delegates to visit Bunjilaka to view Cultural Heritage Collection.
The Museum is open 10am to 5pm every day of the week. General admission to the Gallery is $8.00.
Visit the website for additional information: www.museumvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/
Koorie Heritage Trust
The Koorie Heritage Trust Inc is a not-for-profit Aboriginal community organisation that aims to protect, preserve and promote the living culture of Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia.
The Trust cares for a diverse range of artefacts, artworks, crafts, oral histories, books, manuscripts, historical material and photographs and houses four gallery spaces, a permanent interactive exhibition that teaches about our history and culture, and a retail shop that sells authentic products.
The Koorie Heritage Trust offers a range of services to the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community ranging from the Koorie Family History Service to Tours through the city.
Gallery
We encourage Conference delegates to visit the Koori Heritage Trust. The Koorie Heritage Trust Cultural Centre hosts three fantastic gallery spaces - visit the website for more information about current exhibitions.
Tours
Participate in a Tour!
Introduction to Koorie Culture
This tour includes culture visits in Melbourne along with a tour through the Cultural Centre.
Walkin’ Birrarung – The Yarra River
This unique walk gives participants a sense of a small, but significant portion of the ancestral lands of the Kulin people. Walkin’ Birrarung is a journey back through time...
Meet the Trust
A guided tour through the award winning Koorie Heritage Trust will give participants an extensive understanding of the diversity of Indigenous cultures of South-Eastern Australia.
For additional information please visit the Koorie Heritage Trust website: www.koorieheritagetrust.com
Melbourne Cup Carnival 2011
The Conference is being held during the famous Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival - The 'Race that stops a Nation'. The Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday 1 November 2011. This is a public holiday in Melbourne.
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is undoubtedly the highlight of the racing year in Australia and it brings out the very best of Australian and International thoroughbreds for 50 days of world-class horse racing action.
The whole event has a carnival-like atmosphere which brings the city of Melbourne to life during spring carnival time.
Purchase Tickets
Check out the Carnival Website for all scheduled carnival activities. You can also purchase tickets to attend via the website - www.melbournecup.com
