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

As the colours of the leaves change from green to red, plan your Autumn 2025 with us.  

Experience art making imbued with culture and made with the many hands of community in Cook Island Australian, Morgan Hogg’s exhibition, The last coconut drifted. 

Blacktown Shorts is going digital! Stream a selection of the 2024 commissions online for a limited time, from anywhere, alongside a bonus film that tells a collaborative story of resistance.    

Are you a local maker or organisation that has an exciting new arts or cultural project you want to bring to life? Apply now for the 2025 Blacktown City Creative Arts Fund for a chance at receiving funding support.    

Have a first listen of the debut album from Western Sydney local legends YELLOWLINE, as part of Great Southern Nights, the Hip Hop collective are hosting a gig to celebrate with food and family activities, alongside a group of talented friends!    

For families, our Makers Space with Ebony Wightman is open every day for spies of all ages to come and investigate! For a chance to meet the master spy herself, Ebony, book your place in our School Holidays program.  

See you soon!  

View full Autumn 2025 program below.

 

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