Yanma badhu (Dharug) – Water Walk

From the Main Library building at UNSW Kensington campus, we can see Kamay/Botany Bay.

This public walk considers how water moves through and on Bidgigal and Kamaygal Land, as it winds its way under urban streets, pools in golf courses, and rises through ancient aquifers to flood "reclaimed" dyuwumba/swampland. Walk with us on the UNSW Kensington campus and consider this watercourse and the wetlands that surround it, as we turn our attention to Country, memory, language, gravity, and timeframes longer than human life spans. We will be hosted and Welcomed to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor and there will be time to connect with the other walkers who have come along.

This walk has been developed by Troy Reid and Clare Britton, with the support of the UNSW Creative Practice Lab, UNSW Library, and under the mentorship of Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Anissa Jones, Bernadette Hardy, Astrida Neimanis, and Liza-Mare Syron.

Indigenous Cultural Knowledge belongs to Country and needs community involvement and permission to be shared.

Meeting place: UNSW Main Library, Level 5, at the Living Water exhibition
Time: 1.00 – 3.00pm
Date: 22 October 2024

Please bring a hat, water, and wear comfortable shoes. In the event of rain, please bring an umbrella or a raincoat. We will meander slowly together from the Main Library to the lower campus of UNSW.

Please let us know of any accessibility requirements before the event by contacting lib.exhibitions@unsw.edu.au. Accessible access to the Main Library is via a ramp located at the front entrance opposite the Library lawn, see UNSW Kensington accessibility routes map for more information.

If you register but can no longer attend, kindly let us know via email at lib.exhibitions@unsw.edu.au so we can make your ticket available for others.

Image: July 5th Lost in the golf course. Clare Britton and Troy Reid.

UNSW is located on the unceded territory of the Bedegal (Kensington campus), Gadigal (City and Paddington Campuses) and Ngunnawal peoples (UNSW Canberra) who are the Traditional Owners of the lands where each campus of UNSW is situated.