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In January 2025, Sydney Festival’s Blak Out program will once again return to Belvoir St Theatre with Redfern Renaissance. Alongside Jacky in the upstairs theatre, Belvoir’s Community Liaison Coordinator and well-known Wiradjuri Yuin actor and Redfern resident, Angeline Penrith, will spearhead this Read More

Sydney Festival has just launched its First Nations / Blak Out program. Curated by Sydney Festival’s Creative Artist in Residence, Jacob Nash, the First Nations-led Blak Out program introduces a new gathering space and expanded festival footprint with three weekends Read More

Join the Museums of History NSW in collaboration with the Aboriginal Languages Trust for this Languages Alive, Culture Thrives event, an engaging panel discussion highlighting the importance of access to archives for First Nations people in revitalisation of Aboriginal languages Read More

Join this free series of talks with Gadigal custodian, Elder and cultural educator Uncle Jimmy Smith. A different topic is presented each week on rotation and is a great opportunity to reconnect to nature though knowledge exchange. The weekly topics Read More

A new exhibition, The Country Cries for Truth, explores the work of Bundjalung artist, Dr Bronwyn Bancroft, produced in 2021-22 as part of the inaugural NSW First Nations Creative Fellowship at the State Library of NSW.

This National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June 2024) reminds us that, no matter what, the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will – and must – continue.

Join the Redfern Community Centre for a poignant event during National Reconciliation Week (#NRW2024), featuring the remarkable Aunty Brenda Matthews. As a member of the Stolen Generation, Aunty Brenda’s journey unveils resilience and hope amidst adversity.

Heidi Norman, John Maynard and Lynda-June Coe reflect on Aboriginal political histories, activism and advocacy.

Hear about the origins of Aboriginal activism at a Centenary Forum for the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association 1924–2024 at the State Library of NSW this Friday, 12 April 2024.

The Museum of Sydney presents Ngaya (I am), an exhibition featuring 30 significant Aboriginal objects removed from Country around 200 years ago. ‘A cut-and-paste, punked-up look at my Country’ is how Peter Waples-Crowe describes his five-minute video installation Ngaya (I Read More