Northern Territory rapper Yung Milla performs at Moulden Park School as part of NAIDOC Day celebrations
From backflips and rap, to traditional First Nations performances and inspiring stories, students of Moulden Park School were treated as part of NAIDOC Day celebrations. Find out who made a special appearance.
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From backflips and rap, to traditional First Nations performances and inspiring stories, students of Moulden Park School were treated to a special day of culture last Friday as part of its NAIDOC Day celebrations.
The day started off with students introducing themselves and where they’re from in front of a packed assembly room of friends and family, before later moving on to Clontarf staff who provided their stories and advice.
But the star of the show was Northern Territory rapper Yung Milla, born Levi Nichaloff, who gave a speech, rapped, took questions from students, and even did a couple of backflips at the request of students.
Grace Laughton, a student at Moulden Park School who enjoys photography, said her favourite part of the morning was seeing Yung Milla perform.
She also said NAIDOC Day was “pretty important” to see how “other people celebrate their cultures”.
“You can see how to celebrate other cultures and how it makes them feel,” she said.
Grace’s friend, Ruby O’Shannassy, said her favourite part of the morning was discovering Yung Milla was part-Russian.
“It was surprising,” she said.
Ruby noted it was important to show respect to all cultures, because “they show us what we don’t know”.
Fellow student Russell Adbat, whose family is from Larrakia and Barunga, said days like NAIDOC Day were great to meet other people.
Russell, who has a passion for art, said he liked to create things, and gained a bit of inspiration from Yung Milla’s creative performance.
“I enjoy drawing anything that a person tells me to draw,” he said.
Dancing on the sidelines, Mac Simpson agreed with his friends and said it was Yung Milla’s backflips and story that were most special.
NAIDOC Day means a lot to the boy from Larrakia.
“It makes me feel happy to celebrate,” he said.
“It only happens once a year, it means a lot to me.”
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