Culture

Kalwun offers cultural services from Aboriginal guided tours of Burleigh Headland to Welcome to Country Ceremonies, learning programs and a range of community events.

Aerial of Kalwun Community Event
Community Events
Kalwun holds a range of events yearly that celebrate First Nations culture, heritage, and traditions.
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Guests on a Jellurgal Walkabout tour learn about Aboriginal Culture
Cultural tours
Kalwun's cultural division, Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre, offers guided cultural tours of the magical mountain, Jellurgal (Burleigh Headland).
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Children put together an Aborigial flag puzzle as part of Jellurgal's Early Learning Cultural Program
Early learning cultural program
Kalwun, through Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre, offers the Jellurgal Jarjums cultural program, an interactive education program for children.
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Elders Group at Kalwun event
Elders Group
Kalwun facilitates an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders Group for community members over 50 years of age.
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Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Named after the mountain on which it sits, Jellurgal is the Gold Coast’s only dedicated Aboriginal cultural centre.
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Welcome to Country Ceremony
Welcome to Country Ceremonies
A 'Welcome to Country' is a small, formal ceremony where Traditional Custodians welcome people to their land.
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Kalwun Development Corporation acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Lands upon which we work – the Kombumerri, Bullongin, Wanggeriburra, Birinburra, Mununjali and Minjungbal peoples and the wider Yugambeh language speaking group. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present, and emerging.

WARNING: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.