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  • Redfern Renaissance at Belvoir St Theatre

    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…

  • Sydney Festival’s 2025 First Nations / Blak Out program announced

    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…

  • Panel: Languages Alive, Culture Thrives

    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…

  • Aboriginal cultural talks: Sky, Country and Culture

    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…

  • The Country Cries for Truth: Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft

    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…

  • National Reconciliation Week 2024

    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…

  • Redfern Community Centre Hosts Aunty Brenda Matthews

    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…

  • History Now: Aboriginal political histories

    History Now: Aboriginal political histories

    Heidi Norman, John Maynard and Lynda-June Coe reflect on Aboriginal political histories, activism and advocacy.

  • 100 years of organised Aboriginal activism

    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.

  • Exhibition: Ngaya (I am)

    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…

  • Exhibition: Cast in cast out

    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…

  • Restoration of Truth at NSW Parliament House

    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.…

  • Blak Powerhouse 2024

    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.

  • Yabun 2024

    Yabun 2024

    Australia’s largest one-day celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, the Yabun Festival is set to return on 26 January, taking place at Victoria Park on the traditional lands…

  • Sydney Festival 2024: Blak Out

    Sydney Festival 2024: Blak Out

    Sydney Festival’s ‘Blak Out‘ brings together some of Australia’s most talented First Nations artists to share their incredible stories. Curated by Sydney Festival’s Creative Artist in Residence Jacob Nash, will…

  • Exhibition: Celebrating 50 years of the Aboriginal Housing Company

    Exhibition: Celebrating 50 years of the Aboriginal Housing Company

    A new art and cultural centre established by Aboriginal Housing Company called Mungejup has opened in Redfern, and features a new exhibition about the history of the AHC and organisations…

  • Exhibition: Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari – They made them a long time ago

    Exhibition: Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari – They made them a long time ago

    The State Library of New South Wales presents Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari (They made them a long time ago), an exhibition featuring 30 significant Aboriginal objects removed from Country around…

  • First Nations Speaker Series – October 2023

    First Nations Speaker Series – October 2023

    The First Nations Speaker Series for October 2023 features NSW Aboriginal Languages Week Ambassadors, rapper BARKAA (Chloe Quayle) and comedian Andy Saunders.

  • Traditional weaving workshops

    Traditional weaving workshops

    Learn traditional weaving techniques to make a basket. The workshop will be held over 2 days on consecutive weekends (19 and 26 August, 1pm to 4pm). You’ll need to attend…

  • Rise! Voices and Hands!

    Rise! Voices and Hands!

    Rise! Voices and Hands! is a public artwork activation that honours, shares and celebrates the languages, cultures and voices of First Nations poets. To herald the beginning of Poetry Month…

  • Reconciliation Week at Redfern Community Centre

    Reconciliation Week at Redfern Community Centre

    Everyone is welcome to join us for lunch and a film screening to acknowledge National Reconciliation Week at Redfern Community Centre. After a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, you’ll…

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities training 2023

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities training 2023

    Improve your knowledge and skills in building organisational capability and financial sustainability of your organisation. City of Sydney is offering free training and development opportunities for staff, volunteers and committee/board…

  • First Nations Speaker Series – May 2023

    First Nations Speaker Series – May 2023

    GML Heritage, Museums of History NSW and the Research Centre for Deep History at the Australian National University present the First Nations Speaker Series with guest speaker Emeritus Professor John Maynard on ‘Fight…

  • BLACKBOOKS relaunched

    BLACKBOOKS relaunched

    The team at BLACKBOOKS (a division of Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative Limited est. 1957) is proud to celebrate and share their first steps into the online e-commerce space with two publications…

  • Aboriginal cultures and ecology walk

    Aboriginal cultures and ecology walk

    Discover local bush food and their uses on this guided walk through Orphan School Creek with Charlene (Charlie) Aguiar Dos Santos, Koori Kinnections education officer.  What you’ll learn about: The long history of Aboriginal cultural connection to the landscape The plants…