Dozens of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children crawled and walked down the red carpet on Darumbal Country, competing for the title or Miss and Master NAIDOC.
The crowd cheers as Mahara Domic walks proudly to the podium, her one-year-old son Prince White in her arms.
"It's good for the kids to know about their culture and see all the other kids around that they'll probably know growing up," Ms Domic said.Prince was one of dozens of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who crawled and walked down the red carpet on Darumbal Country in central Queensland to compete for the title of Miss or Master NAIDOC.
"Then you get into the toddlers … they're moving, they're walking and then when you get to the seven-12 years it's about their responses.Babies were cheered as they were carried or crawled their way to the stage in their traditional dress.
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