Rhoda Roberts: A Cultural Icon's Farewell

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. Rotor-Roberts, the wigable wee-a-ball woman who coined the phrase, Welcome to Country, passed away earlier this month at age 66. Her funeral took place on Bungalung Country in Northern New South Wales, where hundreds gathered to honor her as a true storyteller and major force. In Australian arts, she stood out as a pioneer, serving as creative director for the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony and lighting up the cultural scene for decades. Family and friends shared deep reflections with her daughter passing on rotors lessons about empathy, staying connected to the land and finding. Comfort and ancestors like leaves in the trees. Colleys called her humble yet powerful. Someone who turned everything she touched to gold and showed how to live right. The service pulsed with culture, kicking off with a smoking ceremony, then flowing into music from Troy Casser Daily, UnCasey Donovan, plus dances by. Groups brushing the coffin with branches and Yolku's songs from afar.

1:03SBS kicks off a nightly tribute series in her name starting tonight through early April, as she returns to the dreaming, her spirit endures in the. Tales we share in the past she paved for her partner, Steven and children, Emily, Jack, and Sarah.