
Art in 8 Seconds
February 6, 2018Have you seen any of our #artin8seconds videos? Follow our new hashtag to get your culture fix in itty bitty clips. You'll be amazed at what an artist can share in next to no time at all ...
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.
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

Have you seen any of our #artin8seconds videos? Follow our new hashtag to get your culture fix in itty bitty clips. You'll be amazed at what an artist can share in next to no time at all ...

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