Fed Square

Join the NAIDOC Week party with Christine Anu at a free concert, shop at a First Peoples makers’ market presented by Koorie Heritage Trust, enjoy a full, free day of art, workshops, live music and tours at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia – and catch a ripper First Nations film program at ACMI – this NAIDOC Week at Fed Square 🖤

➡️ for what’s on this week for NAIDOC Week at Fed Square

🖤 NAIDOC Week
📅 5–12 July
📍Fed Square

📷 1+3. Tiffany Garvie 2. Christine Anu 4. Installation view of Wurrdha Marra First Nations art galleries, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia at Fed Square National Gallery of Victoria . Photo: Deshani Berhardt, Wildhart Photography National Gallery of Victoria 5, 6 + 7. James Henry

For 10 years, the Gentle Chinese Dancing Group have been brightening up the Atrium at Fed Square, practising each Thursday in their vibrant red costumes and providing a place for older, mostly migrant Chinese women, to get together and dance 💃🏻
 
We spoke with the group’s leader and choreographer Joanna Fowler and secretary Jacki Staude about some of their favourite memories as they celebrate their tenth anniversary at Fed Square ✨
 
“𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺.” – Joanna Fowler
 
“𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵.” – Jacki Staude
 
Read the full interview on our People + Stories page ❤️

ℹ️ Due to fencing in place for the Socceroos Watch Party this Friday, some of our museums, galleries, bars, restaurants and cafes may be closed or have varied opening hours, as well as variations to access.

ℹ️ There are also road closures in place that may impact you if you are driving

➡️ Scroll through for details and maps

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏’𝙎 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉
✅ Good Nature Hotel Good Nature Hotel
✅ The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia National Gallery of Victoria
✅ Transport Hotel (including TAXI KITCHEN and TRANSIT ROOFTOP BAR)
✅ Time Out Time Out Fed Square
✅ Riverland Riverland Bar
✅ 7/11

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏’𝙎 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿
❌ KHT and shopKHT Koorie Heritage Trust
❌ MESS Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio
❌ Mamas Gozleme Mamas Gozleme
 
𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉𝙎 𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝘼𝙔
✅ ACMI ACMI opens at 2.30pm
✅ Chocolate Buddha Chocolate Buddha opens for dinner

𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙐𝙀𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙑𝘼𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙔 𝙇𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉
⤵️ Good Nature Hotel downstairs – Enter via Flinders Street
⤵️ NGV Australia – Enter via Russell Street Extension
⤵️ Transport building – enter via Swanston Street

𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙐𝙀𝙎 𝙍𝙀𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙏𝙊 𝙋𝘼𝙎𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙎𝙀𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎 𝘿𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙎
🔐 Good Nature Hotel Upper Square Beer Garden
🔐 Time Out

𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙐𝙀𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙉𝙎 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀
✅ Good Nature Hotel
✅ Transport Hotel
✅ Time Out



📷 1, 2 + 14  4, 5 + 8. Zennieshia 6 + 9. Carmen Zammit 7. Installation view of Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis’ work Channels, 2025 on display in FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road x NGV First Nations Commissions from 20 March–13 September at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy