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![Handpainted image from book of woman in canoe. Margins of page visible on left and right.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/e5a79c8e9a1d1203ea14574b9ad064db4758eac6-1748x984.jpg?rect=0,0,1748,477&fit=max&auto=format)
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A fisher woman of Warrane
Daringa’s short but fascinating life reflects the connection of coastal Aboriginal peoples to the water, and the key role played by women in the fishing economy
![Dragonflies, Meahala Langlo-Brown, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/0d73ddc96d371d6ff15502e7a7f258fc564f46c7-2000x693.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
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Coomaditchie: Lagoon stories
These panels detail the ecological life in and around Coomaditchie Lagoon
![The mission, Lorraine Brown, 2007](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/bc5573a87b323b94815e4a7562745ea4633a1e19-1500x894.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
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Coomaditchie: Of place
These works record the extraordinary arc the artists of Coomaditchie have travelled over more than three decades
![Coomaditchie Lagoon](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/04/0146a69a326e4242a1171dee896b8cfe.jpg)
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Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
The works of the Coomaditchie artists speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories
!['Day of Mourning' Aboriginal meeting on 26 January 1938 at Australian Hall, Sydney, NSW](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/0c9a3dcf2acbaa8b57eaf919ddfe4f04ba0d032f-1547x1000.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
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Day of Mourning
January 26 has long been a day of debate and civic action. Those who celebrate may be surprised of the date’s significance in NSW as a protest to the celebrations of the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet on what was then “Anniversary Day” in NSW
![Todd Duncan (baritone) with Harold Blair, c.1950s](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/dc91a4da12d41651114e74d34e4664efcb0488f9-3494x2486.jpg?rect=0,0,3494,2223&fit=max&auto=format)
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Harold Blair, trailblazer
Wulli Wulli tenor Harold Blair AM was Australia’s first professionally trained Aboriginal opera singer
![Close up view of Steven Russel and Phyllis Stewart 'Untitled (woven Sydney Opera House)', 2023 - The People's House marketing & installation photoshoot - The People's House marketing & installation photoshoot](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/10/c7797c8e2c0d44989ca956b43755b645.jpg)
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How to weave an opera house
Inspired by a stunning shellworked model of the Sydney Opera House by Bidjigal artist Esme Timbery, First Nations curator Tess Allas commissioned a woven model of the iconic building from master weavers Steven Russell and Phyllis Stewart
![A white building set into a green hillside](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/461c485665d9f2fcd5c06ec950370cac05bffa4c-2000x1500.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
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Kia ora: compelling Kiwi stories
Telling authentic Indigenous stories from our sites with care is an important challenge