Patyegarang

Australian Tour Program | 2014

  • Sydney
  • Program, Resources

In Lieutenant William Dawes’ notebooks, rediscovered in 1972, are transcripts of a remarkable cultural exchange. Patyegarang’s words are a window into a rich, complex and utterly different perspective on her world, its values and its sacred meanings.

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As the colonial fleet arrived on Eora Country in the late 18th Century, Patyegarang befriended the colony’s timekeeper, Lieutenant William Dawes, gifting him her language in an extraordinary display of trust and friendship, which now inspires our imaginations about ‘first contact’. Bangarra liberates Patyegarang from the library shelves, putting spirit into her heart, as a striking visionary and educator.