Aboriginal community leader and trailblazer Aunty Fay Carter has been farewelled in a state funeral service in Bendigo.
Before the state funeral service, a smoking ceremony was held in front of the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.
Mr Nelson said Aunty Fay served as the matriarch of their family and was an integral linking piece in the community.
She lived at the Cummeragunja Mission in New South Wales until the age of four, when her family took part in a historic walk-off in protest against its mismanagement, settling on the flats along the Goulburn River outside Mooroopna with other families who also left.
Premier Jacinta Allan spoke at the state funeral service, and lauded the magnitude of Aunty Fay’s accomplishments throughout her life.
Aunty Fay was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2019 for her contributions to the Aboriginal community.
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Aboriginal community leader and trailblazer Aunty Fay Carter has been farewelled in a state funeral service in Bendigo.
Before the state funeral service, a smoking ceremony was held in front of the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.
Mr Nelson said Aunty Fay served as the matriarch of their family and was an integral linking piece in the community.
She lived at the Cummeragunja Mission in New South Wales until the age of four, when her family took part in a historic walk-off in protest against its mismanagement, settling on the flats along the Goulburn River outside Mooroopna with other families who also left.
Premier Jacinta Allan spoke at the state funeral service, and lauded the magnitude of Aunty Fay’s accomplishments throughout her life.
Aunty Fay was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2019 for her contributions to the Aboriginal community.
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