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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Take a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories to hear insights and stories from artists and locals who have a connection to Blacktown, and the surrounding areas.

For our first edition, we gather with members from the Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright, as they take us on their journey of sharing culture and why it is so important.

Available to view here from 30 July

 

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Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath is an artist, educator, book illustrator and a Dharug woman commonly known in the Aboriginal community as ‘Mulgo’, meaning Black Swan. The daughter of Aunty Edna Watson and Uncle Allan Watson, Elders of the Dharug community, Leanne was born and raised in Sydney. She started painting at a young age, taught by her mother Aunty Edna Watson and her brother Bundeluk Watson. She is now a mother and grandmother and has spent her life living, promoting and protecting Dharug culture, people and places.

You can find Leanne on Instagram here

Rhiannon Wright is the daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and grand daughter of Aunty Edna Watson, she has grown up surrounded by Dharug culture and language, delivering welcome to countries with her grandmother since a young child.

Rhiannon is a Dharug woman. She is a mother, artist, educator and a well-known member of our community.

Rhiannon is inspired by Dharug country, people and our culture. She has spent her life sharing her culture and language and has started her journey as an author of Dharug language books.

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

Image Credits:

Artwork by Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath, Waterhole, 2013, courtesy of artist
Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath, courtesy of artist
Rhiannon Wright, courtesy of artist

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