First Nations

Tour
A Winter's Night at Elizabeth Farm
Join us on a unique, informative, behind-the-scenes insight into life in the Macarthur home, at night-time
Saturday 26 July 6pm–8pm

Featured display
Eora by Michael Riley
Eora, by the late Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi filmmaker and photographer Michael Riley (1960–2004), is a 20-minute digital film that tells the story of Sydney’s First Nations people – before and after colonisation
Saturday 7 December

Featured display
Madjeri
Madjeri (pronounced mud-jer-ee) is the Dharawal word for canoe or small floating vessel
Saturday 3 August

Now showing
Featured exhibition
Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country
This exhibition depicts the development of the NSW colony through a selection of historical maps, plans, sketches, artworks and objects
Thursday 17 April

Talk
'Truth-Telling Through Fiction’: Anita Heiss in Conversation
Join award-winning writer Dr Anita Heiss in conversation with journalist Nicole Abadee to explore truth-telling in First Nations fiction
Thursday 24 July 6pm–7pm

Tour
Members Hour: Museum of Sydney
Welcome to Members Hour at the Museum of Sydney with a special tour of the exhibition 'Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country' led by exhibition co-curator Dr Penny Stannard
Wednesday 30 July 9am–10am

Festival
NAIDOC Week 2025
NAIDOC Week (6–13 July) is a time to celebrate First Nations cultures, history and achievements
Sunday 13 July 10am–3pm

First Nations
Grief in the archives: a Blak reflection on Sorry Day
In this article, Dylan Hoskins, Project Assistant on the First Nations Community Access to Archives project, reflects on the significance of National Sorry Day through his lived experience as an Aboriginal person

First Nations
Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country: The Library of the Dreaming
Dharawal and Yuin designer Alison Page shares the knowledge and philosophies that define Aboriginal understandings of Country and the life that is lived on it