Lunchtime Talk: Dr Peter Yanada McKenzie
Dr Peter Yanada McKenzie (Eora/Anaiwan) relates the history of the local Aboriginal community of La Perouse, including the ongoing cultural practice of
boomerang-making and shell work.
Dr Peter Yanada McKenzie is an Eora/Anaiwan man of the historic La Perouse Aboriginal community in Sydney. He has had diverse experience as a practising artist, musician, project manager, university lecturer, researcher and Aboriginal committee member in several organisations. In 1985, he worked as Aboriginal Liaison Officer/Exhibitions Developer at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, and in 1987 as an Aboriginal Liaison Officer/Project Coordinator with the New South Wales branch of Museums Australia. Peter took on the role of Project Officer/Aboriginal Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, in 1990, and curated an international Aboriginal art presentation (representing the Australian Government during the French Bicentenary celebrations) at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris for the major exhibition
Magiciens de la Terre in 1989.
When
28 September, 1pm
Where
Public Program Marquee, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Admission
Free, no bookings required
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Australia is often referred to as the land of parrots. We have more than 56 species
of parrots, from the smallest, the double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma), to the largest, the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). 
Many Aboriginal creation stories across Australia will tell you that
birds are connected to the spreading of fire. Often cheeky birds would steal fire and accidentally drop it as they fled, inadvertently gifting it to
everyone.