By arts editor Helen Musa

A Ngambri Corroboree at Corroboree Park, Ainslie, on Saturday will bring together local, national and international initiatives, with a special focus on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ju.nin.mingku, also known as Nanny.

Initiated by Ngambri elder Shane Mortimer, the gathering begins at noon and will also mark a decade since the Ngambri Allodial Title international legal precedent.

The program includes the announcement of the Nadya Foundation, a national famine prevention initiative involving native bees, and the launch of DJUGUN we SPEAK FOR our COUNTRY by Djugun woman Jaala Ozies, from Broome, Western Australia.

Born in 1826, Ju.nin.mingku is described by Ngambri accounts as the daughter of Nadya and James Ainslie. Her story is central to the gathering, which honours the generations of Ngambri women who followed her.

Other initiatives include professional development and education programs focused on allodial title and trauma, a bequest from Gregory S Fergusson to the Nadya Foundation, and plans for Nadya House, a private gallery on Ngambri land.

The proposed gallery will house more than 6,000 works from the GFx Collection of artist Gregory S Fergusson, whose connections to the Queanbeyan region date back generations.

The corroboree will provide an opportunity to celebrate Ngambri history, cultural connections and future projects.

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