WCPS Annual Dinner - Badlands: Swamps, Stormwater, and the Struggles of Urban Nature - Taylor Coyne

You are invited to the Wolli Creek Preservation Society Annual Dinner to be held on Thursday 16th October 2025 from 6:30pm. Enjoy a drink at sunset overlooking Bardwell Valley followed by dinner and guest speaker. (Bar opens at 6:30pm) 

Our guest speaker this year is Taylor Coyne who is a PhD Candidate and Critical Design Theorist at UNSW Sydney, specialising in urban, historical geography.

His topic is Badlands: Swamps, Stormwater, and the Struggles of Urban Nature

Places like Wolli Creek have been historically and culturally constructed as Badlands – undesirable, messy, marginal. This label isn’t just descriptive; it’s political. It reflects how power, value, and legitimacy are assigned to lands and waters, and who is involved in decision-making processes.

The idea of a “badland” becomes a lens through which to unpack the history of Sydney’s swamp drainage, the silencing of Indigenous landscapes, the ongoing politics of stormwater infrastructure, and the everyday resistance of communities, wildlife, and water itself.

Come and support the Wolli Creek Preservation Society and participate in
- our fun Trivia Quizz

- Raffles and a silent auction.

Don’t forget to bring your cash to purchase raffle tickets as we have limited card facilities. 

Book your ticket now. For catering purposes bookings for this event will close on Sunday 6 October. If you miss the closing date please email info@wollicreek.org.au to see if you can book direct.

The dinner is buffet style and will cater for vegetarians, vegan and gluten free. It will be followed by desert. Drinks and coffee available to be purchased from the bar.