At Birmingham’s closing ceremony, the city officially handed Commonwealth Games responsibilities to regional Victoria which will host the even in 2026 across four hubs – Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland and Geelong.
As part of the handover, Indigenous elders Aunty Lena Morris, Uncle Rodney Carter, Aunty Joy Oldaker and Uncle Andrew Gardiner performed a smoking ceremony and handed over message sticks to Birmingham 2022 organisers and Commonwealth Games Federation chair Dame Louise Martin.
Performances followed by Indigenous artist Baker Boy, and singers Taylor Henderson and Vanessa Amorosi.
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