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Oral History project – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicepeople
In late 2013, the City’s History Unit engaged Aboriginal researcher Fabri Blacklock to carry out oral history interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service people and their families. These…
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Empowering Aboriginal Communities Conference
Informa’s inaugural Empowering Aboriginal Communities Conference will take place on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 May 2014 at the Sydney Harbour Marriott. The conference will be a mix of case studies and…
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Redfern ANZAC Day March
In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military veterans, the Coloured Digger March is held in Redfern on Anzac Day each year. In 2013, we honoured those of our…
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Australian Indigenous Fashion Week 2014
Australian Indigenous Fashion Week (11-12 April 2014) is a fresh and exciting new event that aims to showcase and support the design talents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from across…
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Aboriginal tours and cultural workshops at Bare Island
Come and visit historic Bare Island at La Perouse on Sunday 6 April 2014 to join a range of cultural tours and participate in creative workshops by recognised Aboriginal artists. Bare Island…
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Constitutional Recognition Forum
Do we need to examine our relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, to heal old wounds and delete discrimination from our founding document? The Exploring Perspectives Forum is…
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Serving Our Country – Community Yarn Up
Did you serve in the Army, Navy or Air Force or auxiliary services such as coast watch? Or did someone from your family or community serve in the Army, Navy or…
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Telling Indigenous stories from beyond the block
Telling Indigenous stories from beyond the block is a panel discussion with Malarndirri McCarthy, Martin Butler and Kathy Marks which will celebrate the diversity of story-telling and the many new platforms indigenous journalists…
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Aboriginal Heritage Tours
Discover and experience Sydney’s rich cultural diversity at the annual Living in Harmony Festival. Together with many community organisations, the City will provide opportunities for residents to discover and experience…
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Black Rainbow at Boomalli
Boomalli flies the rainbow flag yet again for the 2014 Mardi Gras. With open arms Boomalli Aboriginal Artist’s Co-operative would like to invite you into our world. A world of passion…
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Reviving Aboriginal Australian Languages
Professor Ghil‘ad Zuckermann will join the State Library of NSW for an exciting talk about the ethical, aesthetic and utilitarian reasons for language revival in the Metcalfe Auditorium on 3 February…
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Yabun 2014
Yabun Festival showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural arts in Sydney each year. It’s organised by Gadigal Information Service. In 2014 the theme of the Yabun Festival is “Survive”.…
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Menagerie at the Australian Museum
Menagerie at the Australian Museum is a fascinating and vibrant exhibition of Indigenous Australian art inspired by animals. Come and discover how Indigenous Australian artists view them as they share with us…
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The Cider Series exhibition
Amala Groom is a proud Wiradjuri woman who works across various fields to promote the rights and interests of Aboriginal Peoples in the advancement and implementation of Aboriginal sovereignty and…
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Black Diggers
To mark the eve of the centenary of the First World War, Sydney Festival presents a work of significance, scope and monumental ambition, in a world premiere event at Sydney…
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State Library of NSW Indigenous Unit
Libraries and archives hold vast amounts of cultural heritage material of deep significance to Indigenous communities. Yet there are often barriers to identifying and accessing dispersed collections in Australia and…
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Coranderrk at Belvoir
Coranderrk is about what might have been. In the neglected storehouse of Australian history, this is one of the definitive stories. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men…
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National Trust Heritage Festival 2014
The National Trust is looking to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural events between April and May 2014 as part of their annual Heritage Festival. It’s free to register an event and is…
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Free short courses for Indigenous screen practitioners
Metro Screen has a wide variety of short courses for everyone from beginners to working professionals. In order to provide access to the tools for contemporary storytelling, and to empower…
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Aboriginal cultural workshops at La Perouse
“Bare Hands” is a new social enterprise offering an authentic Aboriginal tourism experience to the Sydney market while supporting cultural education for young Aboriginal people. Its first initiative is a…
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Talk on Dr Cecil Cook
The Royal Australian College of Physician’s final lecture for 2013 will be delivered by historian Barry Leithhead on Monday 25 November 2013 at the RACP Education Centre, Level 8, 52 Phillip…
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Cake Man at Belvoir St Theatre
Back in the early 1970s a group of pioneering Indigenous theatremakers occupied a dilapidated terrace in Redfern and started the National Black Theatre. The first full-length play they staged was…
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Talk: Aboriginal Astronomy
Aboriginal Astronomy talk by Ray Norris Let Ray Norris introduce you to Aboriginal astronomy. How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use the sun, moon and stars for practical…
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Talk: Rock art of Southern Sydney
Les Bursiill talks about the rock art of Southern Sydney. How are traditional Aboriginal Dreaming stories and rock art connected? Les Bursill is an Aboriginal man with a comprehensive understanding…
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Talk: Aboriginal land management
Join Bill Gammage as he outlines his view of Aboriginal land management at the time of European contact. Bill argues that people used fire (and no fire) not just to…