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

Make Art at Home | Caravans

Make Art at Home | Caravans

Artworks can be made in all shapes and sizes!

Watch this fun video by Susie from Handy With Scissors and make your own cardboard caravan inspired by Brook Andrew’s artwork Travelling Colony.

For his artwork, Brook painted a series of caravans with radial diamond patterns that are important symbols in Wiradjuri culture.

About this artwork

Brook Andrew, Travelling Colony, 2012
Re-painted caravan, 270 x 420 x 220cm

Travelling Colony is a dazzling hand-painted caravan inspired by Brook Andrew’s Wiradjuri heritage, popular culture and the circus.

It is a multi-faceted artwork that compels audiences to see issues of race, consumerism and history in different ways.

Materials
Milk carton
Paper
Safety scissors
Glue
Skewers
Bottle tops x4
Coloured pencils or crayons

Brook’s artwork is part of the Blacktown City Art Collection, and is on display in the carpark of The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm.

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