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

FUNPARK

FUNPARK

“The experience of growing up in Mount Druitt informs all my work, which is both personal and political…You can find inspiration in a car park.”
– Karen Therese

Initiated by Powerhouse Youth Theatre’s director, Karen Therese in 2012, FUNPARK returns to Bidwill on Saturday, 22 April 2017 from 3 pm – 6 pm. Join the community and artists for a family-focused live art event that re-imagines Bidwill Square!

FUNPARK is coordinated by the Bidwill community, and supported by a coalition including Blacktown Arts Centre, Powerhouse Youth Theatre, Curiousworks, Bidwill Uniting, Urban Neighbours of Hope and Learning Ground.

Highlights from the original FUNPARK 2014 are in Sean Bacon’s video below.

By Paschal Daantos Berry

Image Credits:

FUNPARK 2015, photograph by Audrey Newton, 2015

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