Gai-mariagal Festival 2023 - Events

Karen Smith drawing tracks in the sand in Willoughby's Clive Park.

22 June 2023 | 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Gai-mariagal Festival talk with Karen Smith


Join us for an educational and inspiring evening with Karen Smith from the Aboriginal Heritage Office as she shares her knowledge and experience of the local area and Aboriginal history and culture.

About the speaker:
Karen has been the AHO’s Education Officer since 2011 and has shared her knowledge and experience of the local area and Aboriginal history and culture with thousands of local residents, students and schools. She leads guided walks and provides talks and presentations throughout the partner Councils in northern Sydney.

Karen is from the Buruberongal clan of the Hawkesbury (Derrubin) area. Her family has been living in the Manly area for many years. She was awarded the Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellowship for her work and commitment in the protection and education of Aboriginal culture and heritage.

  • Event cost:  Free

Event Location - The Creator Space

Gai-mariagal Festival talk with Karen Smith - Contacts

  Rowena.Chong@Willoughby.nsw.gov.au

Enquiries Email

 02 9777 7873 

Event Enquiries Phone Number.

The Creator Space
Chatswood Library, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, 2067

EventCoordinator

 Emma Rowena Chong
Bushland Community Liaison Officer

We acknowledge the original custodians of the land, the Gai-mariagal clans of the Northern Sydney Region.  We pay our respects to the Elders past and present.