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NAIDOC Week 2015
We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate NAIDOC Week celebrations (5-12 July 2015) are held across Australia to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres…
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NAIDOC Week 2015: NAIDOC in the City
We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal…
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Carriageworks: Klub Koori
Head to Carriageworks for a special evening with the legendary Bart Willoughby and a line-up of his favourite artists and friends; as they sing up their connections to land and…
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NAIDOC 2015: New archaeological sites on Barani
We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2015, we are launching a series of 19 essays on Barani featuring a diverse collection Sydney’s Aboriginal archaeological sites.…
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Blacktown Native Institution: Corroboree
Celebrate and acknowledge Aboriginal history and culture on one of Australia’s most important historical sites with the Blacktown Native Institution. Due to the impact of recent heavy rain falls on the…
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Sydney Theatre Company: Battle of Waterloo
Sydney Theatre Company and Allens presents a debut work from playwright Kylie Coolwell – Battle of Waterloo. Coolwell describes the play as a ‘love letter to her community’. Told with poetic…
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Bangarra Dance Theatre: Lore
Lore: dance stories of land and sea Showing at the Sydney Opera House, Bangarra Dance Theatre‘s latest dance work for 2015 ‘takes a fresh look on Indigenous stories tracing the…
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Discovering the Past
Artist Lynette Riley discusses her journey in researching and making the kangaroo and possum skin cloaks as well as selected other works in ochre included in the exhibition, Dhaga Ngiyanhi…
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National Reconciliation Week 2015
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the anniversaries of…
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Aboriginal Art Gatherings
Do you want to learn about Traditional and Contemporary Aboriginal Art? Do you have a creative mind that would like to paint? Redfern Community Centre offer free Aboriginal Art Gatherings…
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Dhaga Ngiyanhi Ngan.Girra – Where we all meet
Exhibition at the Macleay Museum 22 May – 1 August 2015 This exhibition is the result of the creative partnership between two sisters, Lynette Riley and Diane Riley-McNaboe. Their Wiradjuri/Gamilaroi…
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Exhibition: Riverstones and Ramifications, Bronwyn Bancroft
Opening at Blacktown Arts Centre, 14 May 2015 One of Australia’s leading Aboriginal Artists, Bronwyn Bancroft, is presenting a brand new suite of artworks in Riverstones and Ramifications at Blacktown Arts…
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Heidi Norman – What Do We Want?
What Do We Want? A Political History of Aboriginal Land Rights in New South Wales Panel discussion with Dr Heidi Norman, Professor Gillian Cowlishaw, Professor Tim Rowse, with participating MC,…
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Redfern Anzac Day March
Each year the Coloured Digger March is held in Redfern on Anzac Day to honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and servicewomen and those who served in non-military support roles. This…
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Indigenous playwrights retreat
Expressions of interest now open A new program for Indigenous playwriting in Australia, supporting a group of outstanding First Nations writers. Playwriting Australia is passionately committed to the ongoing development…
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New pop-up retail art gallery in Surry Hills
From the desert to the sea – Aboriginal owned art gallery First Hand Solutions, who run the iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and craft markets the ‘Blak Markets’,…
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Blak Markets 2015
Blak Markets are back this year with all the best of the best Aboriginal culture all in one heritage location. The markets are held the first Sunday of each month…
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Exhibition: Luminous
Showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Luminous explores the effects of light with a range of works created from the 1970s to now. The exhibition features a major new…
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Women and Children First
Taking inspiration from the important place that Aboriginal women and children hold in their communities, Women and Children First is a tribute to the longest surviving culture in the world.…
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Kill the Messenger at Belvoir
Based on a true story about a man from Mount Druitt, Kill the Messenger was written by award winning Gamilaroi/Torres Strait Islander playwright/law student/performer Nakkiah Lui in 2011. The play…
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Art Gallery of NSW: Embodiment
Now showing at the Art Gallery of NSW, Embodiment draws on the complex dialogues of Indigenous and Australian history. The exhibition features works by Aboriginal artists Christian Thompson, Tony Albert,…
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Garrigarrang: Sea Country exhibition
Garrigarrang: Sea Country exhibition at the Australian Museum explores the diverse spiritual beliefs, values and knowledge systems that continue across Australia today. The exhibition features 300 treasures from the Australian…
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Sydney Festival 2015
It’s that time of the year again when revellers flock to one of the city’s most popular cultural celebrations – the Sydney Festival. This season features an array of Aboriginal…
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Yabun Festival 2015
Sponsored by the City of Sydney, Yabun Festival is an annual celebration that takes place on the 26 of January (10am-7pm). It is the nation’s largest one day showcase of…
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Ngurratjuta artists at Customs House Library 2013
From 1 to 31 July02013, there will be a display of watercolours by Ngurratjuta artists on Level 1 of Customs House Library. On Wednesday 10 July 2013, join Di Stevens,…