Australia minister for commerce, tourism and funding, Dan Tehan, has opened the Australia pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, promising guests a unprecedented journey by 60,000 years of innovation by the indigenous folks of the nation.
The opening ceremony was additionally attended by Reem Al Hashimy, director basic of Expo 2020 Dubai; Justin McGowan, commissioner basic of the pavilion; and Heidi Venamore, Australian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
Tehan mentioned: “What we now have in our pavilion is one thing extraordinary.
“It captures 60,000 years of distinctive innovation and our great indigenous historical past.
“However it additionally captures the place indigenous Australians are immediately, how they’re on the forefront of all the pieces we’re doing as a nation, particularly relating to innovation.
“It captures the center and the spirit of the Australian folks.”
The ‘Blue Sky Dreaming’ theme of the pavilion celebrates Australia’s indigenous tradition because the world’s oldest residing civilisation.
It highlights the indigenous connection to land, sky and sea, and encapsulates the concept of blue-sky considering, which has impressed Australian innovation for the previous 60,000 years.
Tehan mentioned: “The sky is the restrict relating to the way forward for our nation.
“That’s the reason [the pavilion] has bought the title ‘Blue Sky Dreaming’, as a result of we proceed to dream as a nation, and we dream of greatness and of creating certain that we proceed to have our place on this planet.”
Positioned within the Mobility District, the pavilion will maintain a variety of occasions and discussions in the course of the six months of Expo 2020, geared toward strengthening networks, exploring commerce and funding alternatives and fostering collaboration round international challenges.
Al Hashimy mentioned: “‘Blue Sky Dreaming’ is a theme that completely encapsulates that inimitable Aussie spirit – energetic progressive and daring, residing for the longer term, whereas all the time conscious of the previous.
“Australia’s programming will carry to bear numerous generations of cultural, scientific and social improvement, from world-class sports activities and leisure to the linkage between indigenous custom and modern house exploration, to the way forward for cities as social melting pots with inclusivity and sustainability at their very core.
“Australia will play a vital position within the international dialog about our linked future.”
