Films celebrating NAIDOC Week
The City of Casey proudly acknowledges the rich cultural heritage of its First Nations people. Through dance, spoken word, and storytelling, we have gathered powerful stories that honour and celebrate Aboriginal culture and identity — captured through the medium of film.

^{Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this content contains images, voices, or names of deceased persons.}

Bunjil Place Outdoor Screen
August 2025 - June 2026

Bandok Tati 
Bandok Tati, meaning ‘small ant brothers’, is a group of Aboriginal boys, aged 8-20 years old, who stay connected to their culture through traditional song and dance.
Bandok Tati was formed and is currently based on Bunurong (Boonwurrung) Country. The boys also have many ties to different parts of the lands of Central and Southern Victoria, including Gunaikurnai, Dja Dja Wurrung and Wurundjeri Country. They also have ties to Western Australia, South Australia and Southern NSW.

The boys are well educated in their culture as they have been around culturally knowledgeable people from a young age, by way of things such as dancing, events and families passing down stories. Bandok Tati is a family, a brotherhood. The members of Bandok Tati have known each other from a young age due to their families being close and the boys share blood ties with each other.

_{^{Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this video contains images and names of deceased persons. For more information go to @bandoktati (BANDOK TATI includes other local First Nations dancers who didn’t feature in this video) This video is proudly supported by the Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place, Bunjil Place and Casey Arts as part of the Winter Arts Festival and filmed by EVOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA}} 

For Our Elders NAIDOC 2023: Stories from the South East
In honour of the 2023 NAIDOC theme ‘For Our Elders’, this documentary frames the traditional way of passing down stories orally from generation to generation. Elders’ share their incredible stories and the formation of the community in the south east by those important families that founded community. 
This video was produced in partnership with local Elders, Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place and Bunjil Place.
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This video is proudly supported by the Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place, Bunjil Place and City of Casey and filmed by EVOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA}}

Bandok Tati | Bunjil Place | NAIDOC Get up! Stand up! Show up! 2022
In partnership with Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place the Bandok Tati dance group created a digital story that was launched during NAIDOC Week 2022 to a room filled with proud community as the boys put on a show of traditional song and dance.
Bandok Tati meaning ‘small ant brothers’ is a group of young Aboriginal boys aged from 8-20 years old who stay connected to their culture through traditional song and dance. Bandok Tati was formed and is currently based on Bunurong (Boonwurrung) Country. 
The boys also have many ties to different parts of the lands of Central and Southern Victoria, including Gunaikurnai, Dja Wurrung and Wurundjeri Country. They also have ties to Western Australia, South Australia and Southern NSW.
"We hope our meaningful and carefully constructed performances can help to inspire the broader community, and eventually the world, to take an insight and learn more about the beauty of the oldest surviving culture in history, the Aboriginal culture." - Bandok Tati
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Learn more about the group @bandoktati
This video was proudly supported by Bunjil Place, Casey Arts and the Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place and filmed by EVOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA}}

This is not a story, this is reality - NAIDOC week 2021

A digital story created in collaboration with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Casey Arts and the Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens as part of the Winter Arts Festival 2021.

During NAIDOC week that year, a group of young people at the Aboriginal Gathering Place in Doveton were invited to explore the theme – Heal Country through spoken word and imagery. Filmed at the Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens this work tells a story of connection to Country and the importance of looking after the land traditionally, in order to begin healing.

_{^{This video was proudly supported by the Casey Arts, the Casey Aboriginal Gathering Place and the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and filmed by EVOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA}}

2022 Winter Arts Festival Bytes: Interview with Johnny Terrick and Jeremiah Nannup from Bandok Tati 
Get to know some of the artists and producers involved in the 2022 Winter Arts Festival with these bite-size digital stories creatively produced by Julia Svaganovic.
While art is often thought of as a solitary practice, what shines through is the importance of connection to community and participating. The festival showcases the diversity and vibrancy of culture within the City of Casey with a wide range of events, performances, workshops and activities. 

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This series was commissioned by Casey Arts and filmed by EVOLVE DIGITAL MEDIA}}

For Our Elders Launch