No more will Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Circular Head stand for having their culture and identity questioned. That was the message from Selina Maguire-Colgrave, Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation chairperson, at the CHAC and Brumby Hill Community NAIDOC Day event at Trawmanna on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, understood to be one of the largest in the event's history, Ms Maguire-Colgrave said this year's NAIDOC theme would inspire action. "We as a community are going to come together and get up, stand up and show up - as we always have done," she said. "As a proud Aboriginal woman born in this town that has been questioned, ridiculed, denied, I will, and CHAC will, no longer let it happen to anyone in this community. "To staff and community members here today whose Aboriginality, culture, identity and integrity have been questioned and denied... I want to say enough is enough." Ms Maguire-Colgrave thanked the staff and community past and present who have been leading the charge in this capacity already, and urged those in attendance to make their voices heard through the state government's consultation period for proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Lands Act. RELATED: Circular Head Aboriginal group could gain access to land returns With consultation open until July 24, a major proposed amendment to this act is enabling a broadening of the representation on the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania electoral roll, and simplifying the process for land return. It could also see the expansion of provisions for local or regional Aboriginal community organisations to play a role in land management. "This is the paper we've been waiting for," Ms Maguire-Colgrave said. "Everywhere else in Australia local regions deal with local issues. That is our culture, that is our custom. "We do not want to own the land and keep it only for people that we approve of. We want to have access and help manage this amazing country here in the North-West. "...We will not let our children have to fight the fights that we have had to endure. But we will not continue to take it on the chin. "CHAC will continue to get up, to stand up and show up." A key day within a week of celebration, the Trawmanna community event saw a coming together of community, with a smoking ceremony led by Tasmanian Aboriginal smoker Leslie Roy Dick, ochre painting and the chance to get up close and personal with reptiles. For young Circular Head resident Isaac Martorella, it was an opportunity to embrace his culture and share it with others. "It's a part of my culture to celebrate the week or day," he said. "I feel like it's got a special place in me. "The further I got though school the more encouraged I was to help people figure out what (NAIDOC Week) is and to help them learn about it. "I feel like it's important for people who don't have that sort of background to learn more about it." IN OTHER NEWS