7 ways to engage with First Nations culture and community

Created by Aboriginal artist Judy Watson, the work represents a giant bara, or fishhook crafted and used by Gadigal women for thousands of generations.

Celebrating the First Peoples of Sydney, the traditional custodians of Gadigal Country, you can find the work on Tarpeian Precinct Lawn above Dubbagullee (Bennelong Point). Learn more about this stunning new artwork on Sydney Harbour.

Sydney Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday 8 June with an opening gala preview of We Are Still Here. The film marks the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s arrival in this region. It weaves 8 First Nations stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific over a thousand years. It’s playing until the festival ends on Sunday 19 June.

You can also watch First Nations films free by using your City of Sydney Library membership at Beamafilm.

Vivid is celebrating First Nations art through light installations such as Shard at Central station, Nura at Barangaroo and Yarrkalpa - Hunting Ground on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.

Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, presents Terrain at the Sydney Opera House.

This award-winning work explores the wonder of Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), Australia’s largest salt lake and one of the only untouched natural waterways in the world.

Join the library and access over 2,000 titles in our Koori collection. From bush medicine, bush tucker, astronomy, philosophy and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, there’s something in the collection for everyone.

At the Museum of Sydney, you can follow in the steps of the Seven Sisters and experience the immersive nature of a songline in a multi-sensory digital installation. Walking through a Songline is on until 17 July.

You can also take a guided tour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works at the MCA, visit the Eucalyptusdom exhibition at the MAAS Powerhouse in Ultimo or take a Waranara tour at the Australian Museum.

Dreamtime Southern runs walking tours through The Rocks and coach tours further afield, both focusing on living Dreamtime cultural trails. Tribal Warrior is a local Redfern organisation offering different themed cruises, including cultural tours. The Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council offer unique tours to Aboriginal sites that are not often well known.

Our own Sydney Culture Walks app allows you to take self-guided walks. The Barani Redfern and Barani Sydney Cove/Warrane walks offer great learning experiences.