Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy exhibition at 107 Projects

The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy exhibition at 107 Projects showcases six Australian photographers who (over 15 months) documented the successful protest for low-income housing by the indigenous community in the heart of Sydney city. The protest was in opposition to a Read More

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First Footprints along the Parramatta River

Within the context of the rapid high-rise development of Parramatta over the last few decades, the archaeological understanding of Sydney’s past is being rewritten. An ancient Aboriginal landscape was rediscovered in the deep sands alongside the Parramatta River. The early Read More

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Launch of Weemala

The State Library of NSW has launched an exciting new interactive experiment that uses 100 year-old survey data to map the location and meaning of Indigenous Australian place names across the country. The project called Weemala, which means ‘a big Read More

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Spotfire Symposium Landscape and Language

The Spotfire Symposium Landscape and Language is the first of three Spotfire Symposia anticipating barrangal dyara (skin and bones), the major new Kaldor Public Art Project by Jonathan Jones, which will transform Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens from 17 September to Read More

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Serving Country

The Serving Country photographic exhibition by Belinda Mason will be displayed from Monday 25 April to Saturday 18 June 2016 at Redfern Community Centre. The Serving Country portrait collection serves to honour and recognise the many generations of Aboriginal and Read More

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Aboriginal toy-making workshop

During the April school holidays, why not visit the Australian Museum and take part in an Aboriginal toy-making workshop. Join Central Queensland Kalkadoon woman Ronnie Jordan to create your own Kalkadoon-inspired animal or doll. Immerse yourself in Aboriginal culture and knowledge Read More

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Youth Week 2016 Aboriginal heritage tour

Find out more about the Royal Botanic Gardens’ rich Aboriginal history during Youth Week 2016. Our experienced guide will take you on a journey of traditional music, dance, artefacts and bush food. This tour is part of Youth Week in Read More

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Blak Markets

First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation is holding a special Aboriginal cultural welcome ceremony for newly arrived Australians at its Blak Markets on Sunday 3 April 2016. Individuals and families who are new to Australia are invited to join in a Read More

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Acknowledging Gadigal Country

The City acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of this place we now call Sydney. In 1788, the British established a convict outpost on the shores of Sydney Harbour. This had far reaching and devastating Read More

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One Billion Beats

One Billion Beats is a new theatre work presented at Campbelltown Arts Centre that draws together Australian cinematic history with poetry and original score. Conceived and performed by Goenpul Jagara/ Bundjulung poet and filmmaker Romaine Moreton, One Billion Beats, examines the historical Read More

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