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

Archive | The Folding Wife

Archive | The Folding Wife

In April 2010, Urban Theatre Projects presented The Folding Wife at Blacktown Arts Centre.

A physical theatre performance that integrated poetic text and the transcendental visuals of Anino Shadowplay Collective, The Folding Wife unfolded the tales of three generations of Filipina women told through Grace, played by Valerie Berry.

The performance was written by Paschal Daantos Berry, directed by Deborah Pollard and went on to tour Australia with support from Performing Lines for Mobile States.

Anino Shadowplay Collective will return to Blacktown for Balik Bayan, 7 September – 2 November 2017, as part of the Bayanihan Philippines Art Project, in partnership with Art Gallery of NSW, Mosman Art Gallery, Auburn Peacock Gallery, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Museums and Galleries of NSW.
Read more about the performance here.

Image Credits:

Valerie Berry in The Folding Wife by Heidrun Löhr, 2010

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