On Monday, 3 July 2023, Riverside High School Prefects and manina Kanamaluka (Earth at the Tamar River) group attended the Annual Flag Raising Ceremony at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre to celebrate NAIDOC Week.

Students listened to guests from the Aboriginal community who spoke from the heart about current events and the way forward toward reconciliation and treaty.

Following the ceremony, lunch was served inside the TAC building, with mutton bird being the highlight of the meal. For some, it was their first taste of this traditional delicacy cooked by the First Nations/Aboriginal Peoples of Lutruwita/Tasmania.

Jodi Flakemore