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

Riverstone Public Art Mural

Dharug Symbology at Riverstone Marketown

Artists Jan Cleveringa and Rosalind Stanley were commissioned to create the Riverstone Public Art mural at Riverstone Marketown.

The artists consulted with Dharug artist Leanne Watson for input in the designs with Dharug symbology. The artists have created panels depicting parts of the history and identity of Riverstone from the European settlement to now with Dharug designs throughout the panels.

 

Location and Creative Team

Marketown Lane, Riverstone
by Jan Cleveringa and Rosalind Stanley in consultation with Leanne Watson

Riverstone Mural. Courtesy of Blacktown Arts.
Riverstone Mural. Courtesy of Blacktown Arts.
Windows In Time. Riverstone Marketown. 2021. Credit Joshua Morris
Windows In Time. Riverstone Marketown. 2021. Credit Joshua Morris
Windows In Time. Panel 4
Windows In Time. Panel 3
Windows In Time. Panel 2
Windows In Time. Panel 1

This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council and the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Image Credits:

Windows In Time. Riverstone Marketown, 2021 by Joshua Morris.

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