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

2025 Blacktown City Young Artist Prize

Entries are now open for the 2025 Blacktown City Young Artist Prize!

The 2025 Blacktown City Young Artist Prize invites children and young people to create an artwork that reflects on the theme Sharing our Skies – Visualising the power of our skies and all things that fly. 

The sky is full of powerful things like the wind, clouds and the sun. For example, the wind is a great transporter of seeds and the sun provides light and warmth for them to grow. Wind turbines and solar panels are examples of how we harvest the powers of the wind and sun to create electricity.

Step outside, look up, and create an artwork that shares a peek into all things up high!

Entry is free and prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

  • Most creative interpretation of the theme: Sharing our Skies
  • Most expressive use of colour
  • Best expression of Blacktown City
  • Most creative depiction of renewable energy
  • Most creative use of recycled and natural materials presented by Blacktown City Council’s Environmental Services Unit

Before you apply read the information sheet here

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The 2025 Blacktown City Young Artist Prize is proudly supported by Blacktown City Council Environment Section and Kids Early Learning, in association with Blacktown Arts.

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Image: Arushi Sivanathan, Cooler City, 2024 Young Artist Prize

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