St Raphael’s Selected for Indigenous Veterans Commemoration in Sydney

Education

May 23 2025 Updated May 23, 2025

Dan Ryan

St Raphael's Catholic School has been praised for its Indigenous education programs including Gagamin Birrang, Miimi Birrang and cultural sharing groups, and as a result has been selected to attend the upcoming Indigenous Veterans Commemoration in Sydney.

St Raphael’s Catholic School has been named one of only three schools across regional New South Wales selected to attend the 2025 Indigenous Veterans Commemorative Service at Sydney’s Hyde Park Memorial.

The announcement was made last week by Minister for Veterans and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, David Harris, who praised the school for its long-standing commitment to Indigenous ...

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