Latest Contributions
We are sure you will agree that waiting around to get the good stuff has got knobs on it. This post will give you an early glimpse of some of the articles we will be including in the next two-monthly edition of the newspaper.
We will continually refresh this post as we receive new contributions.
If you have a burning issue that you want to tell the world about, please sit down and start writing now. When we receive it, we will immediately consider it for publication here and also later in the newspaper. If you have any comments on articles published here, please email us at eastsidernews1@gmail.com.
We would also like to keep you informed about what is happening in the many local organisations in our regions. These groups fulfill many purposes and bring people together to work towards shared goals. We want to help publicise what they are doing and to increase awareness of their important community building role.
National Reconciliation Week Events
City of Boroondara
From 27 May to 3 June, the City of Boroondara will mark National Reconciliation Week 2026 with a program of Council-led events that support learning, reflection and informed discussion. Activities include free online talks and other opportunities to help build understanding of First Peoples’ histories and cultures.
Get involved this year, learn more and join the conversation at our events including:
a Morning Music performance by The Deans of Soul, celebrating the timeless hits of soul music through rich harmonies and energetic live performance, on the 19 May- an online talk with Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher, authors of Snake Talk: How the World’s Ancient Serpent Stories Can Guide Us, on Tuesday 26 May.
Alongside Council-led events, a range of community-led activities will take place across Boroondara during National Reconciliation Week.
To learn more and to register for events, visit our National Reconciliation Week information page.
Image: The Deans of Soul
Library First Nations Collection
The Boroondara Library Service First Nations collection showcases titles by First Nations authors.
The Uncomfortable Truth
Later in the year, a major exhibition will open in November titled ‘The Uncomfortable Truth’ at the Town Hall Gallery featuring Maree Clarke and Megan Evans, descendants from either side of the colonial frontier. The exhibition will open on 4 November and run through to 30 January.
Visit our website to learn more about this exhibition.
Image: megan evans, ‘PARLOUR – Maree’, 2019, digital print on rag, 200 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Letters to the Editor
The Editors of Eastsider News welcome letters from our readers and supporters. We want to provide you with a platform where you can express your concerns and share your insights on the things that matter in our communities. All we ask is that you keep them polite, well written, short at no more than 250 words and factually based.
Please note, while we welcome a spread of topics, views and opinions, the specific responses expressed by individual writers do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editors, Independent Community News Group Incorporated, or any other organisation.
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