Welcome to Wagga Wagga in Wiradjuri Country. Our respect to Wiradjuri Elders, past and present. With this welcome, we ask that you all respect the law of the country. Look after the land and the rivers, then the land and the rivers will look after you all. Hold fast to each other, empower the people, look after everything living and growing. It is wonderful to see our footprints side by side in the soil on Wiradjuri land. This indicates that people are walking and talking together. So let’s work together to make everything good for our people. We Wiradjuri people welcome you all to Wiradjuri Country. Respect and honour all people and all parts of the country. Give honour, be polite and patient with all then the people will respect you.
– Wiradjuri welcome used with permission from Uncle Stan Grant Snr.
Image by Katelyn-Jane Dunn, courtesy of Regional Arts NSW.
Artstate is a four-year project by Regional Arts NSW to shine a light on excellence in regional arts practice and to explore the exciting possibilities for arts and cultural development across the state. Each year we will move to a different regional location, building on the discussions in anew landscape and uncovering the artistic secrets of each region.
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