Interpreting Heritage on Cockatoo Island / Wareamah

For NSW History Week 2025, the History Now series focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah.

The presentations will focus on recent research being conducted into the island’s history and will include a detailed discussion of the use of new technologies to record the rich history of the island.

Presentations will be delivered by Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins.

This presentation is part of the History Council of New South Wales’s 2025 History Now series 2025.

History Now is presented by the History Council of NSW, the Chau Chak Wing Museum and the University of Sydney's Vere Gordon Childe Centre.

This presentation is part of the History Council of New South Wales’s 2025 History Now series

2025 History Now is presented by the History Council of NSW, the Chau Chak Wing Museum and the University of Sydney's Vere Gordon Childe Centre.