A masquerade ball with a colourful twist brightened up proceedings on Friday at the All Seasons.
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Around 300 people attended the event, including a number of City of Greater Bendigo councillors.
The event, hosted by Bendigo and District Aboriginal Cooperative, has been running about 15 years, and is a celebration of local achievements, with a number of Aboriginal community awards handed out.
Part of NAIDOC, or the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee week, the BDAC ball helps celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NAIDCO, running from July 2-9, will be officially launched at Bendigo library gardens on Monday July 3, with the flying of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander flag.
Each NAIDOC week has a unique theme – this year it is ‘Our Languages Matter’.
The 2017 theme aims to celebrate the essential role that Indigenous languages play in both cultural identity, linking people to their land and water, and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history.
The National NAIDOC Committee encourages all Australians to embrace the 2017 National NAIDOC theme.
