Telling stories is as ancient as humankind and the Dreamtime stories of Australia’s own First Nations are some of the most deep-rooted on the planet. These timeless stories are the foundations of First Nations culture.

To celebrate story-telling and share this deep knowledge with our youngest Australians, South Eveleigh is honoured to offer a Dreamtime Story-Telling Session with Aunty Ali Golding, a respected local Elder, as part of NAIDOC Week 2022.

The story-telling session will run for an hour and following there will be arts and crafts stations set up so children can be creative and thoughtful, exploring and recreating some of Aunty Ali’s treasured stories. Everything provided in the art workshop is free and the session will run from 11-11.45am.

There are two other free art workshops available at 12pm and 1pm. You can register here.

Please make sure that everyone attending (adults, children, parents and guardians) has registered for a ticket individually. 1 ticket = 1 person.

All school ages are welcome! Parents or guardians must attend and supervise their child/ren for the duration of the activities. This is not a drop-off event. The event may need to be rescheduled subject to changes out of our control.

The entrance to the Foundry Building is via 1 Locomotive Street. Enter through the main entrance of the Commonwealth Bank office and follow the yellow signs.

A proud Biripi woman who grew up on an Aboriginal mission at Purfleet outside Taree in rural NSW, Aunty Ali moved to Bourke in NSW, before marrying Englishman Peter Golding at Byrock, where they had two children. She then moved to Sydney and had five more children at Camperdown Mother’s & Babies Hospital in Camperdown, before settling in The Block in Redfern where she raised her seven children for more than 20 years.

Aunty Ali also became one of the first Aboriginal education assistants at Cleveland High School in Sydney in the 1980s and later graduated from Nungalynga College in Darwin with a Diploma of Theology. In 2011, Aunty Ali was appointed inaugural Elder in Residence in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of NSW, supporting the training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors.

Aunty Ali has also made other important contributions to many national and international forums, including the World Spirit Healing Conference in Canada, International Women’s Day events in parliament, the Women’s Reconciliation Network, the NSW Reconciliation Council and AnTAR. In all that she shares so generously, including her stories, Aunty Ali reminds us how to stay connected and strong.

Aunty Ali will share her favourite Dreamtime stories including:

Tiddalik - 'The Biggest Frog in the Whole Wide World'

Echidna - 'How He Got His Quills'

Getting to South Eveleigh

Parking
Casual parking is available in The Foundry Car Park, 2 Central Avenue. For all parking enquiries, please contact Point Parking on 1300 551 131.

Weekdays Parking
Enjoy 45 minutes free parking or two hours with validation with dine-in purchase, class participation or treatment at one of our retailers.Free evening parking (enter after 6:00pm and exit before 11:30pm). Enjoy 45 minutes free parking or two hours with validation with dine-in purchase, class participation or treatment at one of our retailers.
OPEN: 5:00am -11:30pm

Motorcycle Parking
Limited motorcycle parking is available along Central Avenue.

Public Transport
Train
Redfern Station: South Eveleigh is just 200m from Redfern Station. Exit via the stairs at the southern end of Platform 10 and look for the South Eveleigh sign. Then walk along Marian St to Cornwallis St where you will find the Entry Garden. For wheelchair, pram and bike access, enter the precinct via the boardwalk on Gibbons St.

Central Station: If you are arriving from Central, the heart of the South Eveleigh precinct is just a 2km walk.

Metro (Coming Soon): Waterloo Metro Station, part of an exciting revitalisation of the area, is currently under construction and will be completed by 2024.

Bus
There are direct bus links from Sydney CBD and Marrickville Metro which stop in front of the South Eveleigh precinct. Both the 308, from Marrickville in the south west to Central and the 305 from Mascot to Redfern both pass close by to South Eveleigh. Alight on Botany Rd near Henderson Rd.

Please visit Transport NSW for a list of apps which will help get you to South Eveleigh.

Bike
New pop-up cycleways have joined existing cycleways to make your bike trip to South Eveleigh safer and easier. Visit Transport NSW for Sydney's network of cycle ways and park at any one of the bike racks throughout the precinct from Innovation Plaza, in front of all buildings right down to the Skate Park.

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