A beautiful and moving Welcome Baby to Country Ceremony was held at Victoria Park, Dubbo, on Thursday, November 27.

Organised by Buningyong School as Community Centre and supported by organisations like Live Better Community Services, the multicultural event formally Welcomed several of the region's youngest residents to Country.

About a dozen families attended the ceremony and stayed for morning tea and a celebratory cake afterward. Spokesperson Lorna Brennan told Dubbo Photo News the inclusive event was a very special occasion for the babies and toddlers present.

"We've invited all parents with children who were born here over the last couple of years to come along and be officially Welcomed to Country by Aboriginal Elders. It's a traditional ceremony that would happen to Aboriginal babies who were born here," Lorna explained.

"Because this is such a multicultural community here, we open it up to all Cultures to come along as well."

Ahead of the event, sessions were held to help make headbands for the babies and toddlers participating in the ceremony, she added.

Esteemed Elders Auntie Margaret Walker and Auntie Iris Reid officiated at the ceremony.

"It's always good to Welcome babies to Country. I'm glad it's not a stormy day," Auntie Margaret told Dubbo Photo News, reflecting on the bad weather that ripped through the region the day before the event.

Auntie Iris said these types of events helped bring people together and get people and families interacting.

"So I think we've got to see more of this happening around the place, events like this," she added.

Four generations of the one family attended the ceremony. Family matriarch Dawn, her daughter Pixi and granddaughter Dannah watched on proudly as Dannah's three-year-old daughter Tilly was Welcomed to Country.

Dannah, 28, expecting another child soon, said her family was still discovering Culture and it was important for her family to attend events like this to help reconnect with Culture.

"Obviously, all our Aboriginal Culture comes from Gran, but a lot of it was lost with everything that happened in history," Dannah said.

"So it's very important that we now celebrate Culture as much as possible. It's very special that we come and do these types of things and be involved in community," she added.

"I've got another bub coming, a little girl, so we'll have five girls coming along next time."

After the traditional Smoking Ceremony was completed, participants helped their young ones pot plants to take home as a memento, and they received gift bags containing donated items, knitted rugs and a book written and illustrated by locals including Brooke Sullivan.