Waters | 14 August 2025, 6 pm at Tin Sheds Gallery,
brings together D’harawal, Dharug, Awabakal, Biripi, Balanggarra and Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan artists and practitioners to interweave water knowledge about the Burramattagal–Parramatta, Dyarubbin–Hawkesbury, Coquun–Hunter, and Boolumbahtee–Manning rivers.
Interweaving Waters highlights the importance of incorporating Indigenous knowledge and practices into spatial and artistic methodologies, as well as environmental planning. In doing so, it acknowledges the harmony of Indigenous voices, which speak in frequency with the land to create more balanced ecological practices. This unique gathering of Indigenous women seeks to accelerate action and invite the participation of all actors, including living rivers and water systems, cultural knowledge and attachment to Country, and a symbiotic relationship with multi-species worlds through a more-than-human approach, challenging the ontological division between culture, nature, space, and beyond.
Speakers – Shellie Smith (Artist and UoN Assoc. Lecturer, Awabakal descendant), A/Prof Liz Cameron (Associate Prof. UoN, Director Belanjee, Dharug woman), Nicole Chaffey (artist, Biripi woman, Murrook Curator Director), Elle Davidson (Director at Zion Engagement and Planning; Aboriginal Planning Lecturer USydney, Balanggarra woman), Shannon Foster (D’harawal Saltwater Knowledge Keeper, Director at Bangawarra).