A new dreaming
Now
Although Sydney has many world-class cultural hotspots, the ceremonial grounds of the first Sydneysiders are buried under our feet.
Future
An indigenous cultural walk showcasing ceremony and performance, will extend from Redfern, through Prince Alfred Park and Hyde Park to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and link to the foreshore walks along Glebe and Rushcutters Bay and the ‘cultural ribbon’ linking Sydney’s Harbour hubs. The trail will carry murals depicting contemporary and traditional Aboriginal stories, will utilise indigenous plants and trees linking the city’s parks, all of them sign-posted by messages, prose and poetry from prominent Koori elders and “righteous white fellas”. The centrepiece of the ‘Eora Journey’ experience will be the Australian Indigenous Cultural Centre – to be established on or beside Sydney Harbour, possibly at Pier 2 or 3, Cockatoo Island, Snapper Island or even The Block – which will carry a comprehensive archive of rare and precious books, artefacts and art educating tourists and future generations of Australians through multimedia exhibits highlighting the land, water and sky of our city. Built in the spirit of ‘Sorry Day’ this would be Sydney as Eora nation: past, present and future.