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

New Jumaadi Performance and Artist Talks | Terra inFirma

New Jumaadi Performance and Artist Talks | Terra inFirma

World premiere
Saturday 31 October at 3 pm and 6 pm
$5 per ticket
25 minutes + post-show Q&A
Suitable for ages 10+

Join us for the world premiere of Jumaadi’s new performance work at a special day of events taking place alongside the Terra inFirma: Sovereignty and Memory exhibition.

Featuring five artists, two projectors and an assortment of traditional gamelan and contemporary musical instruments, Jumaadi’s Sea of Thorny Fruits is an intense but humorous new shadow play which explores the relationship between humans and the sea. Read more about the performance here.

Before the performance, artists Alex Byrne and Julie Vulcan join Terra inFirma: Sovereignty and Memory curator Paul Howard to discuss their works in the exhibition. Learn more about Terra inFirma here.

Free spiced Javanese tea and coconut juice drinks will be served.

Tickets are limited – please book early to avoid disappointment. Book now.

Session 1
2 pm – Alex Byrne and Julie Vulcan in conversation with Paul Howard
3 pm – Sea of Thorny Fruits performance followed by Q&A with Jumaadi

Session 2
5 pm – Alex Byrne and Julie Vulcan in conversation with Paul Howard
6 pm – Sea of Thorny Fruits performance followed by Q&A with Jumaadi

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