The ‘bangadyi nawi making a canoe,’ an engagement program by the hawkesbury regional museum © photo by elissa blair

Make time for the Hawkesbury Regional Museum’s essential neighborhood venture, Bangadyi Nawi, on Saturday, 18 November 2023 on the Museum.

Everyone is inspired to participate within the collaborative occasion by the Museum, the Dharug Community, and the Brewongle Environmental Education Centre.

The Welcome to Country ceremony shall be led by Erin Wilkins, followed by an Official Opening by Hawkesbury Councilor and Deputy Mayor Barry Calvert at eleven:30 AM.

“The project has supplied a transformative expertise for local Aboriginal highschool college students who created a standard canoe throughout an inter-generational camp, led by Elder Uncle Dean Kelly and with Uncle David Payne and Dharug Educator Erin Wilkins,” the announcement indicated.

“As a model new exhibit, the canoe will form studying alternatives for the whole community.”

The Saturday event is free of cost and may be booked on-line through Eventbrite: Celebration of Bangadyi Nawi and Opening of Canoe Exhibit. Light refreshments might be provided.

The Museum was additionally nominated lately on the IMAGinE Awards 2023 by the Museums & Galleries of NSW for its engagement program known as “Bangadyi Nawi Making Making a Canoe.”

Bangadyi Nawi & Museum Opening of Canoe Exhibit is located at eight Baker Street in Windsor.