GURINGAI FESTIVAL 26 May – 10 July 2016

Through My Eyes A Celebration of Aboriginal Culture and Heritage guringaifestival.com.au

1 THE COVER

Aboriginal artist Jessica Birk led a weekend workshop on site to develop designs and paint murals onto the doors of Primrose Park Arts and Craft Centre as part of the 2014 Guringai Festival. Responding to this year’s theme ‘Through My Eyes’ she will develop designs and paint a mural on Ridge Street North Sydney. See page 32 for details of the unveiling event. Jessica Birk – Matora Lane Mural Project, 2014 Primrose Park Artist Studios, Cremorne. Courtesy North Sydney Council

2 CONTENTS

Welcome Message 4 About the Guringai Festival 5 Program at a Glance 6 Festival Launch 9 Events Hornsby 10 Events Hunters Hill 11 Events Ku-ring-gai 12 Events Lane Cove 16 Events Manly 20 Events Mosman 26 Events North Sydney 30 Events Pittwater 34 Events Ryde 42 Events Warringah 44 Events Willoughby 50 Acknowledgement 56 Important Dates 58 Public Artwork Acknowledgements 60 PUBLIC ART IN AVALON 3 WELCOME MESSAGE

Welcome to another year of celebrating next generations. As adults we need First Australian culture and heritage in to listen and grow up our young ones the Northern Sydney region. Welcome strong! to the Guringai Festival 2016, we are Once again we have a long list of still here and we are still going strong! activities that commemorate, celebrate ‘Through My Eyes’ is this year’s and create spaces and places for those festival theme, inviting people of important conversations to be had. all ages to participate in events We invite you to come along; attend across the region, which have a a concert; film night, forum, art focus on Youth. We are promoting exhibition or bush walk, which has all intergenerational conversations, been created for you and your families activities and perspectives and when enjoyment. viewed by different people of different Sue Pinckham, Caroline Glass-Pattison and Susan Moylan-Coombs age groups, gender and races we have Once again, welcome to this years the ability to shape our future and to Guringai Festival. be inclusive of all. Public art from across Susan Moylan-Coombs, this region is throughout the brochure, Caroline Glass-Pattison and and by definition is inclusive of all and Sue Pinckham starts conversations. Co-Chairs, ‘Through My Eyes’ invites youth in the Guringai Festival Committee region to contribute to our story of place so we can be better informed about what is needed now and for the

4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We acknowledge the Traditional About the Guringai Owners of the land, the Guringai peoples on whose land we now stand, Festival we pay our respects to the Elders past Founded in 2001, the Guringai Festival and present. aims to raise awareness of Aboriginal Sorry Business and Torres Strait Islander people living We would like to acknowledge the in the Northern Sydney region. The passing and contributions of those festival usually starts on Sorry Day, members of the local community who 26 May and goes through to the end are no longer with us to celebrate the of NAIDOC Week, the second week in Guringai Festival. July each year. The festival involves 11 Councils and numerous reconciliation and community groups. Events include workshops, art exhibitions, performances, films and talks.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this document/website may contain images PUBLIC ART IN NORTH SYDNEY or names of people who have since passed away. 5 MAY

DATE EVENT LOCATION PAGE Sat 7 May – Sun 15 May Central Desert Art Exhibition Hunters Hill 11 Fri 13 May – Sun 26 June Nicole Foreshew Mulunma (Within, Inside) Manly 20 Mon 23 May Aboriginal ‘Hands-on’ Arts and Crafts Activities Narrabeen 34 Thur 26 May Children’s Voices for Reconciliation Lane Cove 16 Thur 26 May and every Thur to 30 June Weaving Bridges Project – Yarn to Yarn Workshops Manly 22 Fri 27 May Guringai Festival Launch Concert Macquarie University 9 Fri 27 May Constitutional Reform Forum Macquarie University 9 Fri 27 May Children’s Voices for Reconciliation Hornsby 10 Sat 28 May Aboriginal Heritage Walk Roseville 12 Sun 29 May Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Indigenous Walk Ku-Ring-Gai Chase 36 Sun 29 May A Reconciliation Church Service Thornleigh 10 Sun 29 May Commemorating National Sorry Day 2016 North Narrabeen 34 Sun 29 May Saltwater Coastal Walk Freshwater 44 Tue 31 May – Tue 28 June Digital Education Program for Primary Schools Manly 21

PUBLIC ART IN DEE WHY 6 JUNE

DATE EVENT LOCATION PAGE Thur 2 June Film Screening: Spear – The Bangarra Theatre Chatswood 50 Fri 3 June Indigenous Film Festival – Mabo Mona Vale 35 Sat 4 June Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Walk Oxford Falls 36 Sat 4 June Contemporary Bush Tucker Cooking Workshop Chatswood 51 6, 13, 20 June Weaving Bridges Project – Yarn to Yarn Workshops North Curl Curl 45 Wed 8 June Angophora Reserve Indigenous Walk Avalon 37 Thur 9 June Indigenous Film Festival – Bran Nu Dae Mona Vale 35 Sat 11 June Kelly’s Bush Walk and Talk Woolwich 11 Sat 11 June Traditional Basket Weaving with Karleen Green North Sydney 30 Sat 11 June Bushwalk in the Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Cromer 38 Wed 15 June Cultural Heritage ‘Talk and Taste’ Mona Vale 38 Wed 15 June Putuparri and the Rainmakers Collaroy 46 Wed 15 June – Sun 3 July Miss-represent Exhibition Willoughby 51 Thur 16 June Explorers Playgroup Guringai Activity Week North Sydney 31 Thur 16 June Indigenous Film Festival – Rabbit Proof Fence Mona Vale 35 Sat 18 June Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Walk North Sydney 31 Sun 19 June Kelly’s Bush Walk and Talk Woolwich 11 Sun 19 June Warriewood Wetlands Indigenous Walk Warriewood 39 Sun 19 June Singing Up Country 2016 ‘Social Justice’ Terrey Hills 47 Sun 19 June Aboriginal Cultural Bushwalk Lane Cove North 52 Thur 23 June Ridge Street Mural Project North Sydney 32 Thur 23 June Indigenous Film Festival – The Sapphires Mona Vale 35 Sat 25 June ‘Walk and Talk’ to North Head Sanctuary Manly 24 Sat 25 June Life Drawing with Jannawi Dance Clan Willoughby 53 Sun 26 June Walk the Basin Track Ku-Ring-Gai Chase 12 Mon 27 June – Fri 1 July Dreamtime stories for Pre-schoolers Chatswood 53

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DATE EVENT LOCATION PAGE Fri 1 July Young Black and Deadly Musicians Chatswood 54 Sat 2 July Gundhay Art: Native Floristry Workshop Willoughby 55 Sat 2 July Native Bees – Installation and Discussion North Narrabeen 48 Sun 3 July – Sun 10 July NAIDOC week – Students’ Artwork Exhibition Mosman 26 Sat 2 July – Sun 10 July NAIDOC week – Mosman High School Yr 7 Collaborative Art Project Mosman 26 Mon 4 July Synergy Youth Centre Bush Tucker Cooking Lane Cove 18 Tues 5 July Aboriginal Art and Culture Day St Ives 13 Tues 5 July Aboriginal Bush Skills and Survival St Ives 13 Tues 5 July Dreamtime Stories and Art St Ives 14 Tues 5 July NAIDOC Week – Launch of the Weaving Bridges Project 2016 Manly 23 Tues 5 July Bark Painting with Chris Tobin Mona Vale 40 Wed 6 July Wuruniri with Matthew Doyle Mosman 27 Wed 6 July – Sat 30 July Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize Exhibition Lane Cove 17 Thur 7 July Life amongst the Garigal people St Ives 15 Thur 7 July Walking Cammeraygal Country Greenwich 19 Fri 8 July Kadal with Ryka Ali Mosman 27 Fri 8 July Beach Sounds Mosman 28 Fri 8 July Animals of the Dreaming Crows Nest 33 Sat 9 July Artist Talk With Nicole Monks Lane Cove 17 Mon 11 July NAIDOC Songlines –The Living Narrative of our Nation Mona Vale 40 Thur 14 July NAIDOC Week at Ryde Library – Stories and Culture Ryde 42

8 Constitutional Reform Guringai Festival Forum Launch Concert Friday 27 May, 10am-12pm Friday 27 May, 2-5pm The Atrium Macquarie University Central Courtyard Level 0 The Hub Macquarie University Free Gymnasium Rd, Macquarie University The Macquarie University Indigenous Free Student Body in conjunction with Enjoy the diverse sounds from six leading Walanga Muru and The Macquarie Law Aboriginal groups and performers. School, are presenting a public forum Launching the 16th Annual Guringai centred on the issues surrounding Festival, this Concert is a time to see the constitutional reform. difference young people do make in our Enquiries lives. A time to share and enjoy culture [email protected] through music. Bookings Also launching: Reconciliation week, eventbrite.com.au Walanga Muru Office of Indigenous Strategy, Macquarie University, and welcoming NDIS in Northern Sydney region. Pay parking on campus. Enquiries [email protected]

PUBLIC ART IN MANLY 9 EVENTS IN HORNSBY

Children’s Voices for A Reconciliation Reconciliation: Windigi Church Service Boojigal (‘Young Friends’ Sunday 29 May, 9.30am Thornleigh Hillcrest Uniting Church in Guringai) 1-3 Paling St, Thornleigh Friday 27 May, 10am-12pm Free Florence St, Hornsby Mall The speaker will be Rev. Garry Free Dromfield, Minister of Sylvania Uniting Free concert event celebrating National Church and Deputy Chair of the Uniting Reconciliation Week. School students Aboriginal and Islander Christian express their understanding of Congress. All welcome. reconciliation between Aboriginal and Enquiries Previous Children’s Voices for Reconciliation event non-Aboriginal Australians through Allan West 9484 5693 story, song, dance, speech, poetry or the display of artwork. Local Elders share culture and stories, and Hornsby Area Residents for Reconciliation share information. Enquiries Fallon Davis 9847 6585 [email protected] hornsby.nsw.gov.au

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Central Desert Art Kelly’s Bush Walk and Talk Exhibition Saturday 11 June, 2-3.30pm Sunday 19 June 10.30am-12pm Saturday 7-8,11-15 May Meet at Weil Park Scout Hall Honey Ant Gallery (opposite Marist Sisters, 39 Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill 66a Woolwich Rd) Free Free Honey Ant Gallery is proud to showcase Local Aboriginal resident, Dave Bird superb quality Aboriginal Artworks will lead two walks around Kelly’s Bush from Central and Western Desert in Woolwich. He has an outstanding Australia. All works are hand selected knowledge of the area, which has a from remote community art centres. proud Aboriginal history as well as the Enjoy perusing artworks of varying being the site of Australia’s first ‘green size and style, with many affordable ban’. This is the perfect opportunity to paintings and highly collectable also. learn more about the bushland plants We look forward to welcoming you. and animals as well as the fascinating Please refer to the website for opening history of this interesting area. times. Enquiries Enquiries Jane Tamasauskas 98799449 Lisa McLaren 0447 538 077 [email protected] [email protected] huntershillart.com

Alice Nampijinpa Michaels, Warlukurlangu Artists (detail). 11 EVENTS IN KU-RING-GAI

Aboriginal Heritage Walk Walk the Basin Track Saturday 28 May, 10am-1pm Sunday 26 June, 10am-2pm 53 Carnarvon Rd, Roseville The Basin Track Free 10 West Head Rd, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase The Little Digger Track is a short walk $10 with remnants of rainforest vegetation, See it through the eyes of children. Sydney Red Gums, She Oaks and ferns. At the site you be told stories of The walk reveals waterfalls, rock pools times long gone by. There will be and caves. Join this educational walk explanations as to how the rock led by Aboriginal Heritage Office and carvings were used as a School rooms learn about local Aboriginal Heritage for Aboriginal Children. and culture. Bring your camera for the view from Enquiries West Head. Amazing! Kathy Kai 94240933 Bookings Essential [email protected] Laurie Bimson 0438 877 509 kmc.nsw.gov.au GuringaiTours.com.au

PUBLIC ART IN LANE COVE 12 Aboriginal Bush Skills Aboriginal Art and and Survival Culture Day Tuesday 5 July, 9am-4pm Tuesday 5 July, 9am-4pm Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives $55 $55 For ages 6-12 years. Challenge yourself For ages 6-12 years. A fascinating day in as we imagine an Australia before the bush exploring our ancient cultures. European settlement! Learn the arts of Enjoy some favourite dreamtime fire-lighting, animal tracking, finding legends and learn different techniques bush foods, and building your own of rock art. Join renowned Aboriginal humpy house. Walangari Karntawarra artist and storyteller Walangari will join us for a lesson in boomerang- Karntawarra for a special session throwing and special cultural traditions. featuring the didgeridoo, dancing and Enquiries dot painting. Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Enquiries Garden Visitor Centre 9424 0353 Ku-ring-gai Wildflower [email protected] Garden Visitor Centre 9424 0353 kmc.nsw.gov.au [email protected] kmc.nsw.gov.au

Walangari Karntawarra

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Dreamtime Stories and Art Tuesday 5 July, 10-11.30am Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives $12 Children, $7 Adults For ages 2-5 years. Join Aboriginal artist and storyteller Walangari Karntawarra, for a fun morning of dreamtime stories, dancing and art. We’ll be making our own dot paintings to take home. Enquiries Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Visitor Centre 9424 0353 [email protected] kwg.nsw.gov.au

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PUBLIC ART IN NORTH SYDNEY 14 Life amongst the Heritage Office, will bring some captivating insights into how the Garigal people mob would have hunted, fished and Thursday 7 July, 9am-4pm travelled. Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Includes a special lunch of kangaroo 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives and handmade damper. $55 Enquiries For ages 6-12 years. Immerse yourself Ku-ring-gai Wildflower in Aboriginal culture and imagine Garden Visitor Centre 9424 0353 you’re a member of the Garigal mob, [email protected] who inhabited the area around the kmc.nsw.gov.au Wildflower Garden for thousands of years. We’ll be treading in their footsteps as we look for bush foods, build shelters and try some weaving techniques. Karen Smith from the Aboriginal

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Children’s Voices for Reconciliation Thursday 26 May, 10.30am-12pm Lane Cove Plaza Free Celebrating its 20th year, this combined schools performance brings young people together to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and Reconciliation. Join us for an exciting morning of entertainment where young people of all ages share their 2015 Children’s Voices for Reconciliation voice on Reconciliation through music, dance and song. Enquiries Cultural Development Officer 9911 3594 [email protected] lanecove.nsw.gov.au

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Parliament of NSW Artist Talk with Nicole Aboriginal Art Prize Monks: 2015 Parliament of Exhibition NSW Aboriginal Art Prize Wednesday 6 July – Saturday 30 July Finalist Gallery Lane Cove Saturday 9 July, 11am Upper Level 164 Longueville Rd 164 Longueville Rd, Lane Cove Lane Cove Free Free Nicole Monks is an interdisciplinary Gallery Lane Cove, in partnership with creative who works across multiple Lane Cove Council, is hosting Australia’s mediums and platforms. In 2012, most valuable Aboriginal Art Prize, Monks was elected to the Art Gallery the Parliament of New South Wales of NSW ‘Young Peoples’ Committee Aboriginal Art Prize. The exhibition of Artwork by Aleshia Lonsdale and as President in 2014. Monks is a 2015 finalists will feature over 30 works member of the Boomali Aboriginal by contemporary Aboriginal young and Artists Cooperative and started her own emerging artists as well as established venture, Black and White Creative in artists. 2012. Enquiries Bookings essential Felicity Martin 9428 4898 Felicity Martin 9428 4898 [email protected] [email protected] For exhibition opening hours visit gallerylanecove.com.au gallerylanecove.com.au

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Synergy Youth Centre Bush Tucker Cooking Monday 4 July, 11am-1pm Synergy Youth Centre 8 Little Street, Lane Cove Free Young people come along and see as we cook up some amazing bush tucker at Synergy Youth Centre. Jess Sinnott, Aboriginal Education Officer from Koori Kinnections will be teaching 11-18 year olds about local bush tucker and how to cook some delicious food. Prepare to be amazed at just how quick and tasty the creations are! Enquiries Youth Services 9911 3586 [email protected] lanecove.nsw.gov.au

PUBLIC ART IN LANE COVE 18 Walking Cammeraygal Country Thursday 7 July, 9.30-12pm 2 St Giles Ave, Greenwich Free Discover the rich heritage of Gore Cove and Berry Island, sites of fishing, hunting and camping for the Cammeraygal people. View middens, engravings, bush foods and immerse yourself in Aboriginal culture with guide Karen Smith from the Aboriginal Heritage Office. Enquiries Michelle Greenfield 9911 3579 [email protected] lanecove.nsw.gov.au Aboriginal Heritage Office guided walk

PUBLIC ART IN AVALON 19 EVENTS IN MANLY

Nicole Foreshew – serves to investigate concepts of place, tracing personal connections to kin Mulunma (Within, Inside) and the material knowledge required Friday 13 May – Sunday 26 June to retrieve and revive the body. This Open 10am-5pm Tuesday to Sunday exhibition is also part of the 2016 Head Manly Art Gallery & Museum On Photo Festival. nicoleforeshew.com West Esplanade Reserve, Manly Enquiries Free Manly Art Gallery 9976 1421 Nicole Foreshew is a Sydney-based [email protected] artist, writer and curator and member manly.nsw.gov.au of the Wiradjuri nation, Central West NSW. She works across a range of mediums, encompassing photography, sculpture, film and video. This new body of work explores earth materials, Nicole Foreshew – Unburdened 4, 2015 minerals and clay, recounting personal pigment on paper and cultural itineraries to significant geological sites in NSW. Each work

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Digital Education Program There will be guest appearances by Aboriginal Artists and Educators. for Primary Schools Students participating have the Tuesday 31 May –Tuesday 28 June opportunity to collaborate in the Video Conference at your school Weaving Bridges Project. Free Enquiries Celebrate the Guringai Festival at your Robynne Millward 9976 1426 school, by booking into five ‘Guringai [email protected] Festival Video Conferencing’ sessions Bookings designed to educate and engage education.electroboard.com.au primary school students around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community, Culture, Heritage and Art. Through song, dance, story-telling and weaving and the theme – ‘Through Your Eyes’, students will learn about the importance of dreamtime, songlines and Caring for Country.

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Weaving Bridges Project – Yarn to Yarn Workshops Thursday 26 May, and every Thursday to 30 June, 12.30-2.30pm Manly Community Centre 12 Wentworth St, Manly Free Join Manly Environment Centre, Manly Community Centre, Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members, Sanctuary Respite Centre and Warringah Council for an exciting Stuart Sommerville Bridge, Queenscliff, Weaving Bridges 2015 new weaving project – ‘Through My Eyes’ incorporating the NAIDOC theme of Songlines. Individuals, community groups and schools are invited to participate in workshops collaborating towards a large scale art installation. Enquiries Robynne Millward Manly Environment Centre 9976 1426 [email protected] Rossy Champion Manly Community Centre 9977 1066 CommunityDevelopment@manly- communitycentre.com.au 22 A NAIDOC Week event These artworks create a large textile ‘Songlines’ landscape for this year’s Launch of the Weaving Project, which is to be installed on the Bridges Project 2016 Stuart Somerville Bridge, Queenscliff. The launch includes guest speakers, Tuesday 5 July, 10.30am-12.30pm a smoking ceremony, didgeridoo Outside Queenscliff Surf Life Saving performance, entertainment and the Club, Manly (inside if wet) unveiling of the installation. Morning Free tea will be served. Manly Environment Centre, Manly Enquiries Council, Warringah Council, Manly Robynne Millward 9976 1426 Community Centre, [email protected] Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members, Sanctuary Respite Centre, community groups, individuals and school children have joined together to weave, knit and crochet artworks around the theme of – ‘Through My Eyes’.

Weaving Bridges Launch 2015 – Uncle Max Eulo

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‘Walk and Talk’ to North Head Sanctuary Saturday 25 June, 8.45am-1pm On the sand, Little Manly Beach Stuart St, Manly Free Learn about your local Aboriginal heritage on a guided walk with Karen Smith, Aboriginal Heritage Officer. Walk starts at Little Manly Beach, through the bush and up to North Head Sanctuary Foundation Nursery. Following morning tea at Bandicoot Heaven, join the conversation with Aunty Frances Bodkin, Dharawal knowledge-holder and botanical author. Bookings Essential Robynne Millward 9976 1426 [email protected] mec.org.au

Little Manly Beach

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NAIDOC week – NAIDOC week – Students’ Artwork Mosman High School Yr 7 Exhibition Collaborative Art Project Sunday 3 July – Sunday 10 July Saturday 2 July – Sunday 10 July 10am-5pm 10am-5pm Mosman Library, Library Walk Mosman Art Gallery 605 Military Rd, Mosman Cnr Art Gallery Way and Myahgah Rd Free Mosman Display of artwork by public and private Free schools in the Mosman/Neutral Bay In celebration of NAIDOC week, areas on the Guringai Festival theme: selected Year 7 students from Mosman Through my Eyes and the NAIDOC High School create a group artwork theme: Songlines – the living narrative which will be on display on the Ground of our nation. Floor of the Mosman Art Gallery. Enquiries Enquiries Frennie Beytagh 99090203 Julie Petersen 9978 4186 [email protected] [email protected]

PUBLIC ART IN NORTH SYDNEY 26 Wuruniri with Kadal with Ryka Ali Matthew Doyle Friday 8 July, 10.30-11.30am Library Walk Wednesday 6 July, 10.30-11.30am 605 Military Rd, Mosman Library Walk Free 605 Military Rd, Mosman Free Be entertained and educated by a delightful performance about Join us for a cultural performance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island spanning traditional Aboriginal culture cultures. The show features songs and and contemporary dance. Dreamtime dances about unique animals, Torres stories, personal stories and a vast Strait playdances and didgeridoo music. knowledge of Aboriginal culture Audience participation is encouraged. are intertwined in a dynamic and interactive performance. The audience Suitable for children 5-8 years will be delighted with exquisite Enquiries music featuring the didgeridoo and Simin Reyhanian 9978 4092 indigenous Australian dance. [email protected] Suitable for children 9-12 years. events.mosman.nsw.gov.au Enquiries Simin Reyhanian 9978 4092 [email protected] events.mosman.nsw.gov.au

Ryka Ali

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Beach Sounds Friday 8 July, 12.30-3pm The Esplanade, Mosman Free A celebration of contemporary Indigenous youth culture, Beach Sounds will have live music, activities promoting sustainability, and in collaboration with One Disease will raise awareness to health issues facing our remote communities. Enquiries One Disease skin checks Loani Tierney 99784024 [email protected]

28 PUBLIC ART IN LANE COVE 29 EVENTS IN NORTH SYDNEY Lamandra grass woven basket

Traditional Basket Weaving with Karleen Green Saturday 11 June, 11am-2pm Miller Street Market 220 Miller St, North Sydney Free Join Karleen Green to create your own small, coiled basket using lamandra grass and learn about natural dyeing techniques. Explore the history of Aboriginal weaving traditions and weave the Rainbow Serpent. Enquiries Lisa McDonald 9922 2299 [email protected] northsydneycentre.com.au

PUBLIC ART IN NORTH SYDNEY 30 Explorers Playgroup Aboriginal Cultural Guringai Activity Week Heritage Walk Tuesday 14 June – Thursday 16 June Saturday 18 June, 9am-2pm 10am-12.30pm North Sydney Council to Manly Dam North Sydney Community Centre $20per person all inclusive 220 Miller St, North Sydney Bus from North Sydney Council $5-10 Chambers to significant Aboriginal sites Partake in dot painting, nature based followed by a guided walk along the craft, Aboriginal puzzles and play. Gulgadya Muru Track, Manly Dam with Special Event – 16 June the AHO Aboriginal Education Officer A wonderful cultural learning and the NSC Bushland Team. Medium experience tailored to pre-schoolers Grade Walk, some steep inclines. Fred’s who will be introduced to traditional Bush Tucker providing lunch. Aboriginal stories, performances and Suitable for +9 years. listen to storytelling, participate in Enquiries ancestral song and hear the sounds of Bushcare Officer 9936 8100 the didgeridoo. Bookings essential Suitable for children under five. northsydney.nsw.gov.au Enquiries Mark Rowden 9922 2299 [email protected] northsydneycentre.com.au

Jahmarley A Koomurri Dancer

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Ridge Street Mural Project Thursday 23 June, 11am-12pm North Contemporary Art Space 53 Ridge St, North Sydney Free Responding to this year’s Guringai Festival Theme ‘Through My Eyes’ Aboriginal artist Jessica Birk will develop designs and paint a mural to activate an emerging cultural precinct on Ridge Street North Sydney. Join us for the unveiling of Jessica’s mural on Thursday 23rd June at 11am which will include refreshments and live music by Aboriginal musician Michael Birk Enquiries Kylie Cook 9936 8192 [email protected] northsydney.nsw.gov.au

PUBLIC ART IN NORTH SYDNEY 32 Animals of the Dreaming Friday 8 July, 10.30-11.30am Crows Nest Centre 2 Ernest Pl, Crows Nest Free Presented by Taronga Zoo combining Australian animal encounters with Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. Features Indigenous Guest Experience Officers. All ages welcome. Enquiries Caitlyn Cox 9439 5122 [email protected] crowsnestcentre.org.au Bearded Dragon

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Aboriginal ‘Hands-on’ Commemorating National Arts and Crafts Activities Sorry Day 2016 Monday 23 May, 7-9pm Sunday 29 May, 3-6pm Coastal Environment Centre Scout Hall Bilarong Reserve Pelican Path, Lake Park Rd, Narrabeen 53 Wakehurst Parkway Free North Narrabeen Fun and educational night. Free entry Free but we do ask for a donation to cover A time to reflect on the profound grief costs. and trauma experienced by of the Bookings essential Stolen Generations. Friends of Narrabeen An opportunity to share commitment Lagoon Catchment to healing and reconciliation. Judith Bennett 9905 2135 Includes kids Boomerang painting [email protected] and colouring in; Scott Roman playing Didgeridoo; Gerard McMinn and the Jannawi Dancers; BBQ and afternoon tea. Enquiries Neil Evers 0419219770 [email protected] asgmwp.net

Hands-on weaving PUBLIC ART IN AVALON 34 Mabo The Sapphires

Indigenous Film Festival Enquiries and Bookings Mabo Heather Thomson 9970 1614 Friday 3 June, 11am-1.30pm Mona Vale Library Heather_Thomson@ Morning tea will be provided. 1 Park Street, Mona Vale pittwater.nsw.gov.au $5 entry Bran Nu Dae Proceeds donated to the Thursday 9 June, 6-8.30pm Indigenous Popcorn will be provided. Literacy Foundation Rabbit Proof Fence Each film screening will be preceded Thursday 16 June, 4-6.30pm by a short discussion led by members Afternoon tea will be provided. of our local Aboriginal community, The Sapphires exploring how the portrayal of Thursday 23 June, 6-8pm Indigenous issues, stories and people on film provides both a vitally important Refreshments will be provided. means for self-expression and also offers all Australians a unique insight into our complex relationship with our Indigenous peoples and heritage.

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Ku-ring-gai Chase Narrabeen Lagoon Indigenous walk Catchment Walk Sunday 29 May, 9.30am-12pm Saturday 4 June, 10am-2pm Location to be provided on booking 27 Morgan Rd, Oxford Falls Free Free Join a guided bushwalk discovering Starts at ‘Slippery Dip Track’ and ends cultural sites including rock engravings at Deep Creek Reserve. A great explore in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. especially for children’s eyes: Impressive The tour led by staff from the Coastal carvings, extraordinary biodiversity Environment Centre with an Indigenous set within the surprisingly changing guide, offers a great opportunity to landscape of the Narrabeen Lagoon learn more about this amazing area. Catchment. The walk will share information on the Allow 4-5 hrs. BYO lunch and water. local flora and their uses as bush tucker Enquiries and medicines. Look for native animals Conny Harris 0432 643 295 and their tracks as we explore. [email protected] This event is suitable for the whole asgmwp.net family. Bookings essential 30 max pax David Lowery 1300 000 232 pittwater.nsw.gov.au

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Angophora Reserve Indigenous Walk Wednesday 8 June, 10-11.30am Angophora Reserve Entrance Palmgrove Road, Avalon Free A guide from the Aboriginal Heritage Office will be leading secondary students on a walk exploring the Indigenous heritage of the Angophora Reserve. Angophora Reserve is one of Sydney’s most archeologically significant sites and this walk offers a great opportunity to learn more about this amazing bushland reserve. Enquiries and bookings Sharelle Ravenscroft 99701607 sharelle_ravenscroft@ pittwater.nsw.gov.au

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Bushwalk in the Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Saturday 11 June, 10am-2pm Pigface plant (carpobrotus glaucescens) Start at 2-10 Cromer Rd, Cromer (300 meters after entrance to Aboriginal Cromer Golf Club) Free Cultural Heritage A walk you will remember forever. See ‘Talk and Taste’ great carvings near Red Hill. We will walk down to Oxford Falls and carpool Wednesday 15 June, 12-2pm back. Mona Vale library 1 Park St, Mona Vale Allow 4 hrs. BYO lunch and water. Free Enquiries Listen to Karen Smith from the Conny Harris 0432 643 295 Aboriginal Heritage Office speak about [email protected] the unique culture of the Aboriginal asgmwp.net people of the northern beaches, then join her for lunch of beautiful bush tucker. Bookings essential, places limited Heather Thomson 9970 1614 Heather_Thomson@ pittwater.nsw.gov.au pittwater.nsw.gov.au PUBLIC ART IN AVALON 38 Warriewood Wetlands

Warriewood Wetlands This event is suitable for the whole family! Indigenous Walk Bookings essential Sunday 19th June, 9am-11.30am David Lowery 1300 000 232 Location to be provided on booking pittwater.nsw.gov.au Free Join a guided bushwalk through the wetlands led by staff from the Coastal Environment Centre, and an Indigenous guide. The walk will share information on human connections to the local wetlands, the local flora and their uses as bush tucker. The walk will finish with morning tea at a glorious waterfall.

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Bark Painting with NAIDOC Songlines – Chris Tobin The Living Narrative of Tuesday 5 July, 10.30-11.30am our Nation Outside Mona Vale Library Monday 11 July, 7.30-9pm 1 Park St, Mona Vale Mona Vale Library Free 1 Park St, Mona Vale Local children are invited to join Free Aboriginal artist and storyteller Chris Dreaming tracks crisscross Australia Tobin share culture and stories as they and trace the journeys of our ancestral make up ochre and clay-based paints spirits as they created the land, animals together to paint the trees outside and lores. These dreaming tracks are Mona Vale Library. sometimes called ‘Songlines’ as they Bookings essential record the travels of these ancestral Mary Anderson 9970 1606 spirits who ‘sung’ the land into life. Mary_Anderson@ All welcome. pittwater.nsw.gov.au Enquiries pittwater.nsw.gov.au Neil Evers 0419 219 770 [email protected] asgmwp.net

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NAIDOC Week at Ryde Library – Stories and Culture Thursday 14 July, 10.30am-12pm Ryde Library 1 Pope Street, Ryde Free A fun and interactive NAIDOC week morning for children and families to come on a journey with special guest Chris Tobin, Aboriginal artist and story teller. You will learn about Aboriginal people in the Ryde area and their history. You will enjoy stories that have been told for generations and find out about local culture.

Chris Tobin Enquiries Ryde Library 9952 8352 [email protected] ryde.nsw.gov.au

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Saltwater Coastal Walk Sunday 29 May, 10am- 1pm Meeting at Mary McKillop Park, Freshwater Finishing at Long Reef Headland Free Join us for a guided walk by the Aboriginal Heritage Office and Warringah Council as part of the Guringai Festival and learn how the Saltwater Aboriginal people utilised the various environments along the way. The walk will start at Mary McKillop park and follow the coastline to Long Reef via Dee Why Lagoon. Bring plenty of water, snacks/lunch, and wear protective clothing and footwear. Bookings essential Jillian McIntyre 9942 2913 [email protected]

Long Reef Headland 44 Weaving Bridges Project – Yarn to Yarn Workshops Monday 6, 13, 20 June 10.00am – 12.00pm Warringah Creative Space 105 Abbott Rd, Nth Curl Curl Free Join Warringah Council, Relationships Australia Community Hub – Northern Weavings from last year’s project Beaches, Sanctuary Respite Centre, Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members, and Manly Environment Centre, for an exciting new weaving project – ‘Through My Eyes’, incorporating the NAIDOC theme of Songlines. Individuals, community groups and schools are invited to participate in ‘Yarn to Yarn’ workshops collaborating towards a large scale art installation. Enjoy a laugh and a yarn. Enquiries Rachel Carroll 9942 2522 [email protected] Warringah.nsw.gov.au PUBLIC ART IN DEE WHY 45 WARRINGAH

Putuparri and the Rainmakers Wednesday 15 June, 10.30am-12pm Collaroy Cinema 1097 Pittwater Rd, Collaroy Free Join us to see Putuparri and the Rainmakers, an emotional, visually breathtaking story of love, hope and the survival of Aboriginal law and culture against all odds. It takes the audiences on a rare and emotional journey. Enquiries Neil Evers 0419219770 [email protected] asgmwp.net

Putuparri and the Rainmakers 46 Singing Up Country 2016 ‘Social Justice’ Sunday 19 June, 4.45-7.30pm St Anthony in the Fields Church 46 Myoora Rd, Terrey Hills $25 Adult, $10 Student/ Pensioner (donations welcome) Singing Up Country 2016 will be another inspirational and heartwarming night of entertainment. Featuring up and coming talent, and well established Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal performers. Join us in song and dance of ‘language, culture and identity’ and ‘social justice’. Includes delicious soup supper around the campfire. Singing Up Country Bookings Anne Lanyon 0408 279 871 [email protected]

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Native Bees – Installation and Discussion Saturday 2 July, 10am-12pm 53 Wakehurst Parkway North Narrabeen Free Narrabeen is to receive a Native Stingless Bee Hive. Learn how to encourage and protect our many native bee species’ in our backyards and communities. Listen about Aboriginal people’s ‘Ngarruu’ – native stingless bee (tetragonula integral relationship with the carbonaria) on red-flowering gum nut (corymbia ficifolia) ‘Sugarbag’ Bee through medicine, food and spirit. Made possible by Warringah Council, ASGMWP and Permaculture Northern Beaches. Enquiries Dan Smailes 0404 604 569 [email protected] permaculturenorthernbeaches.org.au

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Film Screening: Spear – The Bangarra Theatre Thursday 2 June, 6.30-8.30pm Chatswood Library 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood Free Spear, the ground-breaking work from celebrated artist Stephen Page, tells a contemporary Aboriginal story through movement and dance. A film of stunning visuals and intense physicality, Spear takes the viewer from the open sea to the outback as it follows young Aboriginal man Djali on a journey to understand what it means to be a man with ancient traditions in a modern world. Featuring dancers from the highly acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre. Enquiries Oceana Kovacs 9777 7595 Bookings essential willoughby.nsw.gov.au

Images – The Bangarra Dance Theatre 50 Contemporary Bush Miss-represent Exhibition Tucker Cooking Workshop Wednesday 15 June to Sunday 3 July, 10am- 4pm (Wed-Sun) Saturday 4 June, 10am-12pm Incinerator Art Space Blend Café, The Dougherty 2 Small St, Willoughby Community Centre Free 7 Victor St, Chatswood $10 An exhibition by female Aboriginal artists setting the record straight about Join Jess Sinnot from Koori Kinnections misconceptions and misrepresentations for a fun cooking workshop while you of colonisation and contemporary learn how to make delicious native Aboriginality. Artworks by Megan Cope, dishes including spinach pesto, a Hannah Bronte and Katie West. specialty damper and a delicious cake. Enquiries Pop down to The Blend Café from 4-8 Kathie Najar 0401 638 501 July to taste daily specials incorporating [email protected] bush tucker ingredients. willoughby.nsw.gov.au Enquiries Oceana Kovacs 9777 7595 [email protected] willoughby.nsw.gov.au Megan Cope, video still from ‘The Blaktism’, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY and dianne tanzer gallery

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Aboriginal Cultural Bushwalk Sunday 19 June, 10am-12pm Meet at the Rotary Athletic Field car park Mowbray Rd, Lane Cove North Free Join Karen Smith from the local regional Aboriginal Heritage Office. Learn about the physical and spiritual value Mowbray Park had for the Local ‘Cammeraigal’ People in the area. See where traditional foods and medicines came from. Bring water and a snack. Some steep steps on this walk. Bookings essential Mowbray Park Emma Hayes 9777 7755 [email protected]

52 Life Drawing with Jannawi Dreamtime Stories for Dance Clan girls, Gapala Pre-schoolers Yunupingu and Monday 27 June to Friday 1 July Bianka Martin Willoughby City Library Services Chatswood and branches Saturday 25 June, 2-4pm Free Incinerator Art Space Willoughby City Library Services 2 Small St, Willoughby celebrates rich indigenous heritage $10 with a special series of storytimes. Bring your sketch book and favourite Featuring stories, songs and pictures drawing materials for a drawing related to indigenous culture locally session of Indigenous dancers, Gapala and around the country. Yunupingu and Bianka Martin from the Numbers are limited. Please check the Jannawi Dance Clan. This workshop is Willoughby City Library website for for experienced drawers as there will be details about times and locations. no formal instruction. willoughby.nsw.gov.au BYO materials Jannawi Dance Clan Bookings essential Kathie Najar 0401 638 501 [email protected]

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Young Black and Deadly Musicians Friday 1 July, 12-8pm Chatswood Mall 31 Victoria Ave, Chatswood Free Pop down to Chatswood Mall Market for a showcase of live music performances by up and coming Indigenous musicians from Young Black and Deadly Koori Radio program. There will also be a range of market stalls featuring cuisine from around the globe and vibrant specialty stores to browse through. Enquiries Oceana Kovacs 9777 7595 oceana.kovacs@ willoughby.nsw.gov.au willoughby.nsw.gov.au

PUBLIC ART – MANLY 54 Gundhay Art: Native Floristry Workshop Saturday 2 July, 2-4pm Incinerator Art Space 2 Small St, Willoughby $35 With Indigenous designer and floral artist Amy Tracey, you will explore the beauty and endurance of Australia’s diverse native flora whilst piecing together a floral arrangement of your own to take home. Enquiries Kathie Najar 0401 638 501 [email protected] willoughby.nsw.gov.au

Gundhay Art – Amy Tracey

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Sorry Day Reconciliation Week NAIDOC Week Thursday 26 May Friday 27 May – Friday 3 June Sunday 3 July – Sunday 10 July National Sorry Day is an Australia- National Reconciliation Week offers NAIDOC Week celebrations are held wide observance held on May 26 people across Australia the opportunity across Australia each July to celebrate each year. This day gives people the to focus on reconciliation, to hear about the history, culture and achievements change to come together and share the cultures and histories of Australia’s of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander the steps towards healing for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for Stolen Generations, their families and peoples, and to explore the new and ‘National Aborigines and Islanders communities. Stolen Generations refer better ways of meeting challenges in Day Observance Committee’. This to Indigenous Australians who were our communities. The week in timed to committee was once responsible for forcibly removed from their families and coincide with two significant dates in organising national activities during communities. Australia’s history, which provide strong NAIDOC Week and its acronym has nsdc.org.au symbols of our hopes and aims for since become the name of the week reconciliation. itself. The NAIDOC Week theme for nswreconciliation.org.au 2016 is ‘Songlines: The living narrative of our nation’. See the website for local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week. naidoc.org.au

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PAGE ARTIST TITLE / LOCATION / PROJECT COURTESY OF / PHOTOGRAPHER Cover, 2, 14, 26, Jessica Birk Matora Lane Mural Project 2014 (detail) North Sydney Council / Joanna Williams 32, back cover 3, 17, 38 Skulk Coastal Dreaming (part of Avalon Art Carnival 2015) (detail) Skulk

5, 30, 33, 58 Jessica Birk Public Art on Utility Box Project 2013 (detail) North Sydney Council / Joanna Williams

6 Dino Halcrow Mural for Dee Why beach walkway Warringah Council

9 Matt Wood Manly (detail) Warringah Council

12, 29, 51 Andy Steel Lane Cove (detail) Lane Cove Council / Joanna Williams

15, 34, 39 Amy Roser Trust Ideas Your Own (part of Avalon Art Carnival 2015) (detail) Warringah Council

18 Mark Rowden Lane Cove (detail) Lane Cove Council / Joanna Williams

19, 37 Henry Curchod Avalon (detail) Warringah Council

21, 25 Ruth Downes Market Lane Mural Manly 2005 (detail) Warringah Council 41 Mandy Schöne-Salter The Game (part of Avalon Art Carnival 2015) (detail) Mandy Schöne-Salter 43 Erini Fokas Lane Cove (detail) North Sydney Council / Joanna Williams 45, 47 Cam Wall, Sam Maclean Dee Why Mural (Pittwater Rd) Warringah Council 49 M-lon Mural for Dee Why beach walkway Warringah Council 54 dela Merced & MACK (Manly Artproject by Ceasius Kakius) (detail) Ceasius Kakius Ceasius Kakius

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