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Synod Representative, The Parish of Laidley & Saibai Elder

Uncle Milton Walit

About Uncle Milton -

Uncle Milton Walit is a Synod Representative for The Parish of Laidley, an Executive Member of NATSIAC and a Torres Strait Islander Elder from Saibai. He served in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps for 10 years.

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Articles by Uncle Milton

NATSIAC Executive Member and Saibai elder Uncle Milton Walit, pictured at GOMA during the 140th commemoration of the Coming of The Light in 2017
Justice & Advocacy

National Reconciliation Week 2025: Reflections, insights and inspiring First Nations leaders 2.0

Uncle Milton Walit from NATSIAC and The Parish of Laidley, The Rev’d Eleanor Mancini from the Cathedral and Joanne Stone from the Finance and Diocesan Services Commission reflect on their National Reconciliation Week highlights, what this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme “Bridging Now to Next” means to them and which First Nations person inspires them the most and why

Reflections

"The first Easter I remember"

“As a community, after the Easter Day service we celebrated the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with a big kai kai (feast). People from all over the Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea (which was then still administered by Australia) came via sailing canoes rather than by motor boats, bringing seafood, taro, sweet potato, casava, sago and other traditional foods. We then had traditional dancing with men wearing headdresses made of emu feathers and women wearing grass skirts,” says Uncle Milton Walit from NATSIAC and The Parish of Laidley