During National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week flags printed with Womindjeka will be installed at the gateway flagpole sites in Melbourne Road (Spotswood), Millers Road (Brooklyn), Kororoit Creek Road (Altona) and Queen Street (Altona Meadows).
Womindjeka is a Kulin Nation word used as a welcome, translating as ‘Come, with purpose’. The flags have been designed by Aretha Brown, a proud Gumbaynggirr woman, artist and former prime minister of the National Indigenous Youth Parliament.
Aretha is described as a passionate, strong, fierce and inspiring change maker. Aretha is a staunch activist in social justice, fighting for the rights of LGBTQI people, women and the Indigenous community.