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Eight Days in Kamay
In April 1770, strangers onboard the Endeavour appeared off the shores of Kamay (Botany Bay). This new exhibition at the State Library of NSW explores the eight days that followed…
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Black Stories Matter: Does the Media Fail Aboriginal political aspirations?
You’re invited to join ‘Black Stories Matter’, a 4-part webinar series bringing together media researchers, historians, former policy makers and members of the growing cohort of Aboriginal journalists whose work is disrupting the…
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Finding your ancestors: Research Family History in NSW
Finding Your Ancestors is a new project designed to encourage and help members of the Aboriginal community to take the first steps into researching family history. Most Aboriginal people are…
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WARAMI Festival 2020
Celebrate Indigenous culture online with City of Parramatta’s vibrant online WARAMI festival until 5 July 2020. Enjoy fun, educational and interactive online activities, from a virtual welcome and smoking ceremony,…
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Talking Deadly with Travis De Vries
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Cook’s arrival in Kamay (Botany Bay). Many Australians today can recite the story of this historic event, but our perspectives on the figure at the centre of it differ greatly. For…
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City of Sydney grants in response to Covid-19
The City of Sydney has launched 5 new grants to support businesses, artists and not-for-profits affected by Covid-19. The grants have been designed to complement State and Federal funding. The…
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First Nations Wikipedia edit-a-thon 2020
On Saturday 21 March 2020, City of Sydney Library is hosting a First Nations Wikipedia editathon at Redfern Community Centre Lawn Library to increase and improve content relevant to Aboriginal…
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Yabun 2020
Resist invasion, celebrate survival and continue culture at the Yabun Festival on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people at Victoria Park on Sunday 26 January 2020. Yabun is a…
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Living Language: Country, Culture, Community
Marking the UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages, the exhibition Living Language: Country, Culture, Community at the State Library of NSW builds on the Library’s historical collections with stories of…
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Knowledge Ground 2019
Knowledge Ground: 30 years of sixty five thousand is a free immersive installation experience celebrating the 30th anniversary of Bangarra Dance Theatre. Navigate a series of thematic worlds, created using unique…
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SOUTHEAST Aboriginal Arts Market 2019
Curated by Hetti Perkins and Jonathan Jones, the SOUTHEAST Aboriginal Arts Market brings together artists and collectives from regional and coastal New South Wales, ACT, southern Victoria, the Murray basin…
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Wilma Reading at Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival 2019
Australian jazz legend Wilma Reading, a contemporary of Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson, sings highlights from her dazzling international career, as part of the Sydney International Womens Jazz Festival 2019. This is…
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Right of Reply – Indigenous Rights in Data & Collections symposium 2019
Bookings are open for the Right of Reply – Indigenous Rights in Data & Collections Symposium, which will be held on Friday 18 October 2019, 9 to 5 pm National…
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Harbour Cruise: Aboriginal Perspectives of Sydney
This cruise takes visitors to Clark Island (Be-lang-le-wool), where you’ll learn about traditional fishing methods, food gathering techniques and enjoy a vibrant Aboriginal cultural performance. During the cruise, the Mari…
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NAIDOC in the City 2019
NAIDOC in the City is a free celebration of the world’s longest living cultures through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander food, song, art, dance and stories. You can taste treats…
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Ocean Talks: Aboriginal Perspectives of Sydney Harbour
How well do we really know the history of Sydney Harbour? Four leading Aboriginal art and cultural practitioners – Shane Phillips, Nadeena Dixon, Emily McDaniel and Brett Leavy – share…
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National Indigenous Art Fair 2019
The National Indigenous Art Fair is set to get toes tapping and tastebuds tingling with a vibrant two-day program of food, music, dance and demonstrations celebrating Indigenous culture in the…
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Talking Deadly – Political Co-existence in Australia
Good leadership is critical in the pursuit of change. In this talk on Political Co-existence in Australia in the 21st Century, Josephine Bourne will talk about the areas of work…
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Blak Markets for Mother’s Day 2019
There will be plenty in store for Mother’s Day celebrations at the Blak Markets at Bare Island La Perouse Sunday, 12 May 2019 from 9.30am to 3pm. There will be…
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Aboriginal Paddington
Aboriginal people have watched the ancient landscape of Sydney and Paddington evolve over thousands of years and generations. The rich archaeological and historical record of the harbour allows us to…
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Yerr Wetimbi yi Yerr Marrgu / Old Way & New Way
The foundation for the exhibition Yerr Wetimbi yi Yerr Marrgu / Old Way & New Way is deceptively simple: linguist and artist / weaver Patricia Marfurra has made a huge…
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State Library of NSW – EOI Aboriginal artist or designer
The State Library of NSW has just opened an Expression of Interest for an Aboriginal digital artist / designer to develop a unique digital artwork for the library’s Mukurtu site, which is in…
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Talking Deadly: Who drives the conversation?
Join Nathan “Mudyi” Sentance for his Talking Deadly talk ‘Who Drives the Conversation?’ on blogging as a form of resistance and as a method to examine and discuss the role…
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Indigenous Design Synergies at UTS 2019
UTS School of Design is hosting Indigenous Design Synergies, a program beginning with a series of ‘brownbag’ lunch talks with Indigenous scholars, designers, creatives, activists, allies and accomplices. Design language…
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Kanalaritja
kanalaritja: An Unbroken String is a touring exhibition and series of workshops at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, that celebrates the Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural practice of shell-stringing, and the…