Bangadyi Nawi Museum Opening of Canoe Exhibit

The ‘bangadyi nawi making a canoe,’ an engagement program by the hawkesbury regional museum © photograph by elissa blair

Make time for the Hawkesbury Regional Museum’s necessary neighborhood project, Bangadyi Nawi, on Saturday, 18 November 2023 at the Museum.

Everyone is encouraged to take part in the collaborative event by the Museum, the Dharug Community, and the Brewongle Environmental Education Centre.

The Welcome to Country ceremony will be led by Erin Wilkins, followed by an Official Opening by Hawkesbury Councilor and Deputy Mayor Barry Calvert at 11:30 AM.

“The venture has supplied a transformative expertise for native Aboriginal highschool students who created a standard canoe throughout an inter-generational camp, led by Elder Uncle Dean Kelly and with Uncle David Payne and Dharug Educator Erin Wilkins,” the announcement indicated.

“As a new exhibit, the canoe will form learning opportunities for the whole neighborhood.”

The Saturday event is free of cost and may be booked online via Eventbrite: Celebration of Bangadyi Nawi and Opening of Canoe Exhibit. Bangadyi Nawi & Museum Opening of Canoe Exhibit might be supplied.


The Museum was additionally nominated just lately at the IMAGinE Awards 2023 by the Museums & Galleries of NSW for its engagement program known as “Bangadyi Nawi Making Making a Canoe.”

The Hawkesbury Regional Museum is situated at eight Baker Street in Windsor.

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Pub: 18 Nov 2023 22:33 UTC
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