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

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Dylan Mooney at the Max Webber Library Windows

In response to the The Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre’s exhibition Ghosts in the Kitchen, curated by Rebecca Ray, artist Dylan Mooney has been invited to create a special commission for the Max Webber Library windows. His work speaks to how food can be a medium for memory, identity, and resistance through Indigenous Australians and Oceanic First Nation communities.

Dylan Mooney is a Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander man from Mackay in North Queensland. The multidisciplinary and legally blind artist uses a high-impact illustrative style with bright, saturated colour.

Ghost foods. Silenced recipes. Forgotten tongues. Haunted kitchens. Rekindle what has been lost and visit The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre between 30 September and 13 December 2025.

Bio

Dylan Mooney is a proud Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander man from Mackay in North Queensland working across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing.

Influenced by history, culture and family, Mooney responds to community stories, current affairs and social media. Armed with a rich cultural upbringing, Mooney now translates the knowledge and stories passed down to him, through art.

You can find Dylan on Instagram here

This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council.

Image Credits:

Dylan Mooney, 2022, photo by Rhett Hammerton
Dylan Mooney, courtesy of National Gallery of Australia

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