A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

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Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

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Blurred image from film with museum object number

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Two people standing next to a cow in a field of cows.

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A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

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Program Sydney Science Festival

Celestial Emu

Name: Sydney Observatory Late: Celestial Emu
Start: 2024-08-13T07:30:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-14T10:15:00.000Z
Location: Sydney Observatory

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when

Ended 14 Aug 2024

when

4 sessions

price

$15—$25

where

Sydney Observatory

Join us at Sydney Observatory to celebrate First Nations sky and Country.

Program

Performance
Akala Newman singing in Gadigal.

Talk
Gail Mabo in conversation with Rachael Hocking (Common Ground).

Premiere
Celestial Emu is a short film project with Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon and dancer Daniel Mateo, directed by Olivia Costa.

Tours
First Nations sky tours with Uncle Ghillar Michael Anderson.
Telescope viewing (subject to cloud cover).

Exhibition
I Put The Stars On The Ground highlights First Nations custodianship to Sky Country and illustrates the site’s evolution into a public educational space and museum.

Pop-Up
Powerhouse Shop

Koiki Mabo sitting within bamboo and sand backgorund.

I put the stars on the ground

Calendar iconEvery Thu—SatLocation marker iconSydney Observatory

Speaker

Gail Mabo is a proud Meriam woman of the Piadram clan in the Torres Strait Islands region. Gail’s artistic practices range from performance to visual art and are based on her Indigenous cultural practices and knowledges. Gail began her artistic career in 1979 as a dancer and has since cemented her cultural works throughout numerous mediums of art practice. Gail is the daughter of the esteemed Eddie Koiki Mabo who is the inspiration behind her work Tagai.