Sydney Fish Markets RAP Plan Artwork & Event

Yilabara wala
Gadigal Translation: Now and Then
100cm x 150cm
Acrylic Paint on Belgium Linen
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Yilabara wala
Gadigal Translation: Now and Then
100cm x 150cm
Acrylic Paint on Belgium Linen
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Yilabara wala
Gadigal Translation: Now and Then
100cm x 150cm
Acrylic Paint on Belgium Linen
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Sydney Fish Markets RAP Event
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Sydney Fish Markets RAP Event
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Sydney Fish Markets RAP Event
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Sydney Fish Markets RAP Booklet
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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Sydney Fish Markets RAP Booklet
Sydney’s many coastal coves and harbour inlets were home to the Gadigal for thousands of years. Our people, known for having a unique and exquisitely practical method of moving from one fixed address to another in order to ensure a sustainable practice of food procurement, camped in the area known as Blackwattle Bay. This bay was where the fresh water met the saltwater of the harbour. The swamp lands around Glebe would empty out into the bay. It is likely that eel or Barra found their way to this place during big rains and we know the Gadigal had this beautiful Ngura as a camp and place of shelter and safety. It was, however, the British that named this cove after the endemic species of Wattle (Arcadia Mernsii) commonly known as Blackwattle. This native species is a hard wood and excellent for making furniture. The Gadigal used the sap mixed with water to make a sweet lemony cordial for a refreshing drink during the warmer summer months. This painting, Yilabara wala (pron. ile-bar-ra wela), is my homage to both the old and new Blackwattle Bay. I have used cartography maps from the early Sydney colonial settlement with narrative from early colonial diaries to mark key sites around the cove as inspiration for this work. This has then been overlayed with the information from modern day mapping of the area to create a record of the old and new in one single body of work.
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