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Cowra Peace Bell will fly Aboriginal flag, as well as Australian national flag

Aboriginal flag to fly at Cowra Peace Bell, Cowra Community News, 28 Feb 13 THE Aboriginal flag will be raised to fly permanently beside the Australian flag at Cowra’s World Peace Bell in a ceremony to be held next Tuesday, March 5.

Aboriginal and community leaders will attend the Darling St ceremony, to start at 10am. The flag-raising honours Cowra Shire Council’s decision to fly both flags.

“There was a consensus at our last council meeting to honour our original residents by flying the (Aboriginal) flag beside council’s flag,” says Mayor of Cowra, Bill West. “This decision follows a request from the local Aboriginal community to consider the permanent flying of the Aboriginal flag to recognise their unique position as our first Australians.”

The Aboriginal flag is now well recognised as that of Australia’s original inhabitants – the black top-half symbolising the Aboriginal people, the red bottom-half representing the earth, and the yellow circle in the centre signifying the sun, says Cr West.

“Council recognises the unique status of Aboriginal people as the original owners of the land; flying the flags together symbolises an acknowledgement of a shared future for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people built upon the principles of diversity, equity and social justice,” the Mayor says…..  http://cowracommunitynews.com/viewnews.php?newsid=3007&id=2

March 1, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News