Yaamagay!

Giinagay Nujawiny!

Yaam Gumbaynggirr Jagun

Darruyay Yilaaming Girrin-da

 

Hello you mob!

This is Gumbaynggirr Country

Good to have you here at Corindi Beach

Welcome to Yarrawarra!

This pristine coastal paradise is the homeland of the Garby elders and
Mirlagalgi descendants in the northern lowlands of Gumbaynggirr nation.
The centre has many services and attractions, to help us share the history
and cultural values of our Elders and Ancestors.

Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery exhibits traditional
and contemporary art from regional First Nation artists of NSW.

Jalumbo Cultural Heritage Keeping Place, displays cultural artifacts from
over 6000+ years of Gumbaynggirr life on the Mid North Coast

The Nuralamee Conference and Accommodation Centre sleeps up to 70 people and seats 150 in it’s hall.
With quality catering for business events, training, weddings, birthdays, retreats, school cultural excursions etc.


Open to the public for bookings, school holiday activities, monthly weaving circle, cultural activities available all year round!

What's on at yarrawarra

Gaagal Exhibition: Artowork Stingray waters by Alison Williams
Stingray Waters by Alison Williams

2024 Artist in Residence

JESSIKA SPENCER

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Artwork: Dhinawon Woven Wall Hanging, 2019 Jessika Spencer. Photo: Jessika Spencer

WIRADJURI ARTIST
AND WEAVER

I’m Jessika, an Aboriginal Fibre Artist from the Sandhills of the Western Riverina, Narrungdera/ Narrandera, NSW.

I’m currently based on Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Wiradjuri Country

I’m the artist behind “Ngurru”, a small cultural business that focuses on weaving. (Ngurru is the Wiradjuri word for river reeds)

Combining and merging both traditional and contemporary techniques to create woven work, I produce hand-crafted cultural items and run weaving workshops for all skill-sets.

I weave and create everything from woven earrings, necklaces, baskets, dilly bags, mats and eel traps through to wall hangings and fishing nets.

Sustainability, land management and cultural heritage are at the core of my work; the materials used are bio-degradable and carefully collected from country.

My focus is empowerment and self-determination, and I create with this in mind. 

Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery hosts an annual two-week artist residency for a First Nations artist.
While staying onsite in the Seafoam cottage the artist in residence will have access to a fully equipped pottery shed, workshop space, cultural museum and a range of coastal cultural sites. The body of works inspired by this residency will culminate in a solo exhibition at Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery the following calendar year, with the artist facilitating one public program. This could be an artist talk, public arts performance, creative workshop or demonstration. For more information please click the link below