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Picking Up The Pieces – First Nations History Tours, The Block
Artist Dennis Golding will join Aunty Donna Ingram, a long-term resident and Elder of the Redfern Aboriginal Community, for a limited series of tours exploring the urban Aboriginal history of ‘The Block’ and the wider Redfern area. Together they will share stories of Redfern as the birthplace of Aboriginal civil rights movements, and honouring the…
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Blak Powerhouse 2026
Powerhouse and Indigenous social enterprise We Are Warriors invite you to Blak Powerhouse 2026 for a night of ceremony and cultural practice on 26 January 2026. The free all-ages event is a showcase of Blak pride, power and positivity through live music and DJs, dance, panel discussions, weaving workshops, interactive art installations, market stalls and…
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Yabun 2026
Yabun Festival is the largest one-day gathering and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia and is held annually on 26th of January on Gadigal Land in Sydney. Yabun (meaning ‘music to the beat’ in Gadigal language) is a free all-ages event bringing together First Nations peoples and allies to honour history,…
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Mervyn Bishop: Close Up
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this exhibition contain images and names of deceased peoples. The State Library of NSW presents Mervyn Bishop: Close Up sharing a rare glimpse into the life and vision of Murri photographer, Mervyn Bishop. Mervyn Bishop is one of Australia’s most significant photographic voices and the first…
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I am Gurgun at Boomalli
Boomalli presents I am Gurgun: A sole retrospective of work by Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft AM displaying artworks throughout Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft’s artistic career. The exhibition acknowledges Bancroft’s connection to Bundjalung Country, motherhood and activism which has shaped her identity as an Aboriginal artist and woman. Bancroft is an artist, administrator, book illustrator and writer.…
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The Blak Markets: Sunday 21 September
The Blak Markets will be on Sunday 21 September at the corner of Lower Fort St at Dawes Point Park, right under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Blak Markets is proudly supported by The Rocks and are a great opportunity to purchase authentic and unique gifts, knowing that 100% of the profits go back to…
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Blak Douglas: The Halfway Line
The Penrith Performing Arts & Visual Arts Galley presents Blak Douglas: The Halfway Line displaying artworks made throughout Dhungutti artist Blak Douglas’ artistic career. The exhibition in Western Sydney acknowledges Douglas’ upbringing in the area. Douglas has both Dhungutti and Scottish heritage, establishing a reputation as a Sydney based artist in the mid-1990s. He has…
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Mungari: Fishing, Resistance, Return
The Chau Chak Wing Museum is proud to present the Gweagal Spears in the Power Gallery. The Chau Chak Wing Museum has been entrusted with the temporary care of the spears before their return to the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal Nation and keeping place at Gundal (Kurnell, Botany Bay, NSW). Mungari: Fishing, Resistance, Return is…
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Words on Art and Life with Rob Waters
Multi-disciplinary artist and Australian Poetry Slam Champion Rob Waters is not to be missed. Multi-disciplinary artist and Australian poetry slam champion Rob Waters is not to be missed. A Gomeroi man with deep cultural connections to north-west NSW, Rob is a poet, storyteller, playwright, cultural educator and spoken word artist sharing stories for more than…
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Fifty years of the movement for Indigenous rights
Join the State Library of NSW for a compelling evening of discussion, reflection and music exploring the history of First Nations peoples’ fight for self-determination. Inspired by Until Justice Comes, the recent landmark publication of Juno Gemes’ photography, this event brings together leading voices from the worlds of activism, history and the arts. The speakers will…
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Aboriginal cultural talks: Sky, Land and Waters
Join the series of talks with Gadigal custodian, Elder and cultural educator Uncle Jimmy Smith every Wednesday from 5 March until 30 April. Three topics will be on rotation including Sky (Astronomy), Land and Culture and the Waters with the aim to reconnect with nature through Aboriginal cultural knowledge exchange. Sky: 5 March, 26 March,…
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Black Family – Aboriginal Love at Boomalli
Boomalli would like to welcome you to their 2025 Madi Gras exhibition Black Family – Aboriginal Love. Curated by Dunghutti/Gomeroi woman, Nioka Lowe-Brennan, this exhibition not only celebrates the Queer Aboriginal community but emphasises on how to create bonds, how support each other and how to love. Black Family – Aboriginal Love is a reflection…
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Redfern Renaissance at Belvoir St Theatre
In January 2025, Sydney Festival’s Blak Out program will once again return to Belvoir St Theatre with Redfern Renaissance. Alongside Jacky in the upstairs theatre, Belvoir’s Community Liaison Coordinator and well-known Wiradjuri Yuin actor and Redfern resident, Angeline Penrith, will spearhead this project as creative director. Angeline will curate a series of workshops, discussion panels and performances…
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Sydney Festival’s 2025 First Nations / Blak Out program announced
Sydney Festival has just launched its First Nations / Blak Out program. Curated by Sydney Festival’s Creative Artist in Residence, Jacob Nash, the First Nations-led Blak Out program introduces a new gathering space and expanded festival footprint with three weekends of conversation and events that celebrate the coming together of people, country, spirit and truths.…
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Panel: Languages Alive, Culture Thrives
Join the Museums of History NSW in collaboration with the Aboriginal Languages Trust for this Languages Alive, Culture Thrives event, an engaging panel discussion highlighting the importance of access to archives for First Nations people in revitalisation of Aboriginal languages across NSW. A panel of Aboriginal language practitioners and leaders – Kirsty Beller, Gulwanyang Moran…
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Aboriginal cultural talks: Sky, Country and Culture
Join this free series of talks with Gadigal custodian, Elder and cultural educator Uncle Jimmy Smith. A different topic is presented each week on rotation and is a great opportunity to reconnect to nature though knowledge exchange. The weekly topics are: Sky – Astronomy: Wednesday 3 and 24 July and Wednesday 14 August Country: Wednesday 10 and…
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The Country Cries for Truth: Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft
A new exhibition, The Country Cries for Truth, explores the work of Bundjalung artist, Dr Bronwyn Bancroft, produced in 2021-22 as part of the inaugural NSW First Nations Creative Fellowship at the State Library of NSW.
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National Reconciliation Week 2024
This National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June 2024) reminds us that, no matter what, the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will – and must – continue.
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Redfern Community Centre Hosts Aunty Brenda Matthews
Join the Redfern Community Centre for a poignant event during National Reconciliation Week (#NRW2024), featuring the remarkable Aunty Brenda Matthews. As a member of the Stolen Generation, Aunty Brenda’s journey unveils resilience and hope amidst adversity.
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History Now: Aboriginal political histories
Heidi Norman, John Maynard and Lynda-June Coe reflect on Aboriginal political histories, activism and advocacy.
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100 years of organised Aboriginal activism
Hear about the origins of Aboriginal activism at a Centenary Forum for the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association 1924–2024 at the State Library of NSW this Friday, 12 April 2024.
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Exhibition: Ngaya (I am)
The Museum of Sydney presents Ngaya (I am), an exhibition featuring 30 significant Aboriginal objects removed from Country around 200 years ago. ‘A cut-and-paste, punked-up look at my Country’ is how Peter Waples-Crowe describes his five-minute video installation Ngaya (I am), a self-portrait of the artist as a queer Ngarigo person from the Snowy Mountains…
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Exhibition: Cast in cast out
The Museum of Sydney presents Cast in cast out, is inspired by Sydney-based Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding’s experiences and childhood memories of growing up in ‘The Block’, an Aboriginal community in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern. The artwork ‘recasts’ Victorian-era ironwork panels – a distinctive feature of many 19th-century houses in Redfern – as…
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Restoration of Truth at NSW Parliament House
Last few days to catch Restoration of Truth, an exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Reconciliation Wall at NSW Parliament House featuring artists from the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. Established in 1987, Boomalli has a membership of over 60 artists from across NSW Aboriginal language groups. In the languages of the Bundjalung, Gamilaroi and…
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Blak Powerhouse 2024
Once again, Indigenous social enterprise We Are Warriors will take over Powerhouse Ultimo to turn a day of sorrow into one of power and positivity.
