1/23The annual NAIDOC week march, coordinated by Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good, is lead down Grafton Street by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Elder Uncle Peter Hyde. Picture: Brendan Radke
PHOTOS: NAIDOC Week march and celebrations
Chants of “strong in spirit, bold in fight” echoed through Cairns streets on Friday as Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders marched through the city as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations. SEE WHO ATTENDED
2/23The annual NAIDOC week march, coordinated by Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good, is lead down Grafton Street by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Elder Uncle Peter Hyde, flying the indigenous flag for Gimuy. Picture: Brendan Radke
3/23The annual NAIDOC week march, coordinated by Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good, is lead down Grafton Street by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Elder Uncle Peter Hyde, flying the indigenous flag for Gimuy. Picture: Brendan Radke
4/23Semara Jose chanted into the microphone during the NAIDOC Week march along Grafton Street. Picture: Brendan Radke
5/23Semara Jose chanted into the microphone during the NAIDOC Week march along Grafton Street. Picture: Brendan Radke
6/23Marchers make their way along Grafton Street in the annual NAIDOC Week march before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
7/23Ray Austin and Joanne Borg walk their dogs Ralph and Shirley as they make their way along Grafton Street in the annual NAIDOC Week march before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
8/23The annual NAIDOC Week march makes its way along Grafton Street before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
9/23The annual NAIDOC Week march makes its way along Grafton Street before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
10/23Carly McEwan proudly displays the Aboriginal flag during the NAIDOC Week march as it makes its way along Spence Street before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
11/23Marchers make their way along Spence Street in the annual NAIDOC Week march before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
12/23Shelley Cassady, Jarvis Cora, 5, Cavel Cora, Kayani Cora, Dakota Kanter and Maxson Smith attended the NAIDOC Week march along Spence Street together. Picture: Brendan Radke
13/23Monica Stevens and Amber Grossman proudly display the Aboriginal flag during the NAIDOC Week march as it makes its way along Spence Street before finishing at Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
14/23Marchers make their way into Fogarty Park at the conclusion of the annual NAIDOC Week march through Cairns city. Picture: Brendan Radke
15/23Marchers make their way into Fogarty Park at the conclusion of the annual NAIDOC Week march through Cairns city. Picture: Brendan Radke
16/23Cindy White and James Henry make their way into Fogarty Park at the conclusion of the annual NAIDOC Week march through Cairns city. Picture: Brendan Radke
17/23Carly McEwan and her daughter Ellie-Grace McEwan-Ware, 17, proudly wore the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to the NAIDOC Week celebrations held in Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
18/23Jason Ambyrum attended the NAIDOC Week celebrations held in Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
19/23Jirtju Fourmile welcomed people to the opening of the NAIDOC Week celebrations held in Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
20/23Lloyd Fourmile flies the Gimuy flag in Fogarty Park at the conclusion of the annual NAIDOC Week march. Picture: Brendan Radke
21/23Nathan Shreiber was the master of ceremonies for the NAIDOC Week celebrations held in Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
22/23Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good chief executive Marissa Nona and DIYDG chairwoman Stacee Ketchell helped coordinate the NAIDOC Week march and celebrations held in Fogarty Park. Picture: Brendan Radke
23/23Liylah Blanch-Fourmile, 4, and Mina Blanch-Fourmile, 10 danced at the annual NAIDOC week celebrations, held at Fogarty Park on Friday. Picture: Brendan Radke
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