Gowns and suits have brought glitz and glamour to the remote Indigenous community of Aurukun on the Cape York Peninsula for the town's second ever NAIDOC ball.
Families clamour to take photos of teenagers dressed to the nines and holding the hands of elders as makeup and nails are gently applied.
It was youth support worker Norma Armstrong-Ravula's project to bring this teenage rite-of-passage to Aurukun. "I feel lucky. I feel so blessed to come here and be a part of it all and see all the kids," Ms Robinson said.Ms Armstrong-Ravula said the experience is more than just suits and gowns for many."What we're trying to get out of it is just for our young people to be confident in themselves and who they are, but also show them a different side of how they can show that confidence within themselves," she said.
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