Reconciliation Week: Her Name is Nanny Nellie

Join us at the Wagga Wagga City Library for a screening of Her Name is Nanny Nellie during Reconciliation Week 2025 over a light meal. 

Her Name is Nanny Nellie, about a woman’s quest to reclaim her great-grandmother’s story, prompted by her ancestor’s statue at the Australian Museum. 

This film is a recommended screening from the Reconciliation Film Club which is a partnership between Reconciliation Australia and SBS/NITV.

Date + Timing:

Tuesday 27 May / 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Wagga Wagga City Library, Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650

Wiradjuri/Wiradyuri Country

About the film:

Powerful and poignant, Her Name is Nanny Nellie offers us the rare privilege of bearing witness to a family reclaiming their history. In 1925, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues of ‘full blood ’Aboriginal people: a child, a man and a woman, exhibited as nameless objects to be studied as examples of a ‘dying race.’ The woman was Nellie Walker, Irene Walker’s great grandmother and director Daniel King’s great, great grandmother. 

Now Irene is on a journey to retrace Nellie’s life and to reconnect the other families to their ancestors’ statues and re-display them, this time with their names, identities and dignity. This is far more than a symbolic quest, but an opportunity to change how we remember and represent, and to give the nameless names.

Director
Daniel King

Producer
Ben Pederick, Andrew Arbuthnot, Charlotte Seymour

This film is a recommended screening from the Reconciliation Film Club which is a partnership between Reconciliation Australia and SBS/NITV. Please note that the themes in this film may be triggering and contain image, stories and audio of people who may have passed. 

Accessibility:

Wagga Wagga City Library is an accessible building with accessible bathrooms, walkways, lift, ramp, seating and parking available. Everyone is welcome. 

We are committed to hosting inclusive and accessible events for everyone. If you need this information in another format or have any questions, please contact Council's Community Development Team on 1300 292 442 or email community@wagga.nsw.gov.au.