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Close Encounters – Birds of the Blue Mountains

NPWS BLUE MOUNTAINS HERITAGE CENTRE End Govetts Leap Rd, Blackheath

A photographic exhibition of birdlife found in the Blue Mountains of NSW. Showing great detail these images capture the unique characteristics of birds that make the Blue Mountains their home.

Free
Ongoing

Gurindji Freedom Banners

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Parkes

Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light. The Gurindji freedom banners are a collection of 10 hand-painted banners created in 2000 by the Gurindji to share the community’s version of the historic 1966 Wave Hill walk-off. The walk-off, or Gurindji strike, led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari was an important event in Australia’s land rights movement. Many of the 35 Gurindji people involved in the [...]

Gurindji Freedom Banners

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Parkes

Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light. The Gurindji freedom banners are a collection of 10 hand-painted banners created in 2000 by the Gurindji to share the community’s version of the historic 1966 Wave Hill walk-off. The walk-off, or Gurindji strike, led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari was an important event in Australia’s land rights movement. Many of the 35 Gurindji people involved in the [...]