Elders luncheon

Updated July 10 2013 - 10:20pm, first published 10:00pm
LADIES IN PRINT: Pat Williamson, Pearl Connelly and Kay Douglas enjoyed being served by the student volunteers.
LADIES IN PRINT: Pat Williamson, Pearl Connelly and Kay Douglas enjoyed being served by the student volunteers.
COLOURFUL: (back) Edna Trindle, Noela Baigrie, (front) Mona Phillips and Mary Cotterell enjoyed a day out together.
COLOURFUL: (back) Edna Trindle, Noela Baigrie, (front) Mona Phillips and Mary Cotterell enjoyed a day out together.
MATCHING: Joyce Swan, Noeleen Rockland and Mary Lorraine from Injilinji Aged Care wore their matching NAIDOC shirts.
MATCHING: Joyce Swan, Noeleen Rockland and Mary Lorraine from Injilinji Aged Care wore their matching NAIDOC shirts.
BEING SERVED: Roy Johnson, Sue Siva and Pattie Lees from Injilinji Aged Care spent their Wednesday at the luncheon.
BEING SERVED: Roy Johnson, Sue Siva and Pattie Lees from Injilinji Aged Care spent their Wednesday at the luncheon.
PRESENTATION: Kalkadoon elder Noeleen Dempsey makes a speech while Marlene Speechley looks on.
PRESENTATION: Kalkadoon elder Noeleen Dempsey makes a speech while Marlene Speechley looks on.
CATCHING UP: Iris and Gertie Eggmolesse and Elvina Munns sat together for lunch.
CATCHING UP: Iris and Gertie Eggmolesse and Elvina Munns sat together for lunch.
BIG SPREAD: Waiting for their food to arrive were Mervin Hookey, Lester Johnson, Joelene Donnelly, Madeline Doomadgee and Violet Hart from the Laura Johnson Home.
BIG SPREAD: Waiting for their food to arrive were Mervin Hookey, Lester Johnson, Joelene Donnelly, Madeline Doomadgee and Violet Hart from the Laura Johnson Home.
GOOD FOOD: Amanda Riley, May Campbell and Topsy O'Keefe had a laugh over lunch.
GOOD FOOD: Amanda Riley, May Campbell and Topsy O'Keefe had a laugh over lunch.
SERVICE: Spinifex State College students Jacqueline Rogers-Page, 16, Mykaela Hart, 16, Zoe Page, 17, and Monty Kippist, 15, waited on the elders at yesterday's luncheon.
SERVICE: Spinifex State College students Jacqueline Rogers-Page, 16, Mykaela Hart, 16, Zoe Page, 17, and Monty Kippist, 15, waited on the elders at yesterday's luncheon.
EDUCATION: Spinifex State College representatives Louise King, 16, Megan Graham, Lynette Bambrick and Elijah Douglas, 16, met with the elders who imparted some nuggets of wisdom.
EDUCATION: Spinifex State College representatives Louise King, 16, Megan Graham, Lynette Bambrick and Elijah Douglas, 16, met with the elders who imparted some nuggets of wisdom.
DELICIOUS: Lurick and Maxine Sowden are just about to tuck into lunch.
DELICIOUS: Lurick and Maxine Sowden are just about to tuck into lunch.
OLD TIMES: Thelma Ah Wing chats with old Camooweal primary school friends Gloria Pang and Nancy George.
OLD TIMES: Thelma Ah Wing chats with old Camooweal primary school friends Gloria Pang and Nancy George.

THE annual NAIDOC Week Elders Luncheon was held at The Overlander in Mount Isa yesterday with more than 100 people in attendance. Organiser Kaye Smith said 130 people attended the event, a large majority of those people elders from different North West Indigenous communities.

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