Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.

Credit to: Dharug woman Rhiannon Wright, daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and granddaughter of Aunty Edna Watson

Garage Tunes with Charles Lomu

Garage Tunes with Charles Lomu

If you’ve visited Charles at the pop-up barbershop at Blacktown Arts Centre (or the one in his actual garage), you’ll be familiar with his fine taste in music.

Charles, aka Six Pound, is a local barber and all-round good guy. Sampling a diverse mix of 90s RnB and soul classics, Charles’ playlists are the soundtrack to his Garage Barbershop.

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Garage Barbershop
In partnership with Information + Cultural Exchange
11 May – 3 June 2017
Charles Lomu, aka Six Pound, throws open his garage door for a multi-faceted project that explores notions of how men build community and identity in the sacred space of the neighbourhood barbershop.
The project – which includes barbering workshops for local young men, photographic portraits by Harold David, a video work, and new music – culminates in an exhibition and performance at Blacktown Arts Centre.

Connect with Charles Lomu
Book a haircut Six Fades
Instagram six_fades
Spotify Charles Six Fades Lomu

Image Credits:

Garage Barbershop by Harold David, 2017.

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