Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee is pleased to present the

‘Footprints’ Exhibition

This Public Records Office of Victoria exhibition traces the lives of the Pepper family during the first half of the 20th Century with extraordinary details; their resilience in the face of adversity, and the strong family connections that they fiercely protected despite government policies of that time that aimed to separate so called “half-caste” Aboriginal people from their “full-blood” relatives.

Exhibition Opening - Friday, January 9th
5.30pm - Exhibition viewing and light refreshments
6.30pm - Official Opening by Uncle John Baxter
Convenor of Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation;
Council member of Reconciliation Victoria;
Chair of Koorie Night Market


7.30pm - Community screening of “The First Australians” Episode 3
“Freedom for our Lifetime - Victoria 1860 - 1890” (with permission from Blackfella Films and SBS)
The threat of extinction hovers over the first Australians of Victoria at the time Wurundjeri clan leader Simon Wonga seeks land from the authorities. He soon gives up and leads his people to the banks of the Yarra River, claiming a parcel of land Coranderrk.
8.30 - 9pm - Reflection and Supper

Free. All Welcome. Bookings for catering.
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/112447
email blsac@bigpond.com
phone 9878 6829


Venue: Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Visitors Centre, Central Road, Blackburn.