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Corroboree Sydney

Corroboree Sydney is a celebration of Australia’s rich cultural heritage, featuring leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, writers, dancers and musicians showcasing their creativity and sharing their stories in over 100 events.

Presented at significant sites around Sydney Harbour, Corroboree Sydney offers a unique experience of Indigenous culture. The event is initiated and delivered by Indigenous people to share with the wider community. This collaborative endeavour, involving Sydney’s premier arts and cultural organisations, is an internationally distinctive festival that celebrates Indigenous culture in all its diversity.

Dusseldorp Forum has partnered with Corroboree Sydney to support an exciting and engaging Indigenous education program. In 2014, 34 education resources were developed in conjunction with the NSW Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES), providing students, teachers and families the opportunity to explore Indigenous culture and respond creatively.

The resources include subject links to the NSW Syllabus and the Australian Curriculum, and are downloadable from the Corroboree Sydney website.  In 2014, the Corroboree Sydney education program reached more than 5,000 children from pre-school to secondary.

In 2015, Corroboree Sydney will be held on 20-29 November.  Visit corroboreesydney.com.aufor more information.

“That’s what we’re really aspiring to with Corroboree: to have these amazing big, free, come one, come all events.”

Hetti Perkins, Corroboree Sydney Artistic Director

Past Partners

IndigiGrow

IndigiGrow is a 100% Aboriginal-owned, run, and staffed native plant initiative created in 2018 and includes two not-for-profit native plant nurseries based at La Perouse Public School and Matraville Sports High School in Sydney, NSW. IndigiGrow is a social enterprise arm of First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation.

UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures

In 2022 Dusseldorp Forum partnered with UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures to “collaboratively develop and promote thriving intergenerational community-led housing projects” in Australia, using demonstration projects as the primary vehicle, underpinned by the core principle of community self-determination.

Beenleigh Housing and Development Company Community Hub

BHDC Community Hub is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that strives to support, enhance and transform the lives of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.