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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Join us for a day of Pasifika Makers Markets, mat-weaving workshops, and a Western Sydney Fashion Festival runway show featuring local designers and music acts.

After a sold out event in 2022 at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Western Sydney Fashion Festival (WSFF) is excited to return to Blacktown, celebrating the creativity, culture, and community of western Sydney.

Presented in partnership with Powerhouse and Western Sydney Fashion Festival.

Event details:
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Saturday 29 November

WE’VE Markets: noon to 6 pm
Free entry

Fashion runway: 6 pm to 8 pm
Cost: $10 + booking fee

More details to come, watch this space!

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Western Sydney Fashion Festival (WSFF)  is a creative platform celebrating the fashion, culture, and creative voices of western Sydney. Established to showcase the region’s rich diversity and emerging design talent often overlooked by mainstream fashion spaces, WSFF champions local stories and style with authenticity and pride.

Over the past decade, WSFF has profiled designers from across western Sydney through runways, exhibitions, and storytelling projects, including collaborations with Blacktown Arts, Western Sydney University, and Fairfield City Museum & Gallery. From grassroots beginnings to sold-out shows, WSFF continues to amplify local talent and redefine what Australian fashion looks like, bold, diverse, and proudly western Sydney.

You can find them on Instagram here

This project is presented by Blacktown Arts in partnership with Western Sydney Fashion Festival.
WE’VE is a partnership with Powerhouse and presented with Maketi Moana.
This project is supported by Blacktown City Council and Create NSW.
Western Sydney Fashion Festival is supported by Navitas Skilled Futures.

Image Credits:

Lakshmi Bee, Armando Crisostomo and Iki Haangana at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, 2025, photo by Garry Trinh

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