Daalga Nginundi Wajaarr | Yarilla Art Museum | 2023
After significant consultation with the clan groups of the Gumbaynggirr nation, artists Alison Page and Nik Lachajczak have created a 12-minute song cycle Daalga Nginundi Wajaarr | Sing Your Country as a digital Welcome to Country. The film is informed by Yuludarla’s journey from north to south exploring mirlarl, culture and history through song and […]
The Sit Place | Australian Design Centre | 2013
The Sit Place as described by Gumbaynggirr Elder, writer and poet Aunty Bea Ballangarry is a special place for sharing, connecting and spiritual contemplation. Alison Page, as then Creative Director of The National Aboriginal Design Agency, created a new vision of the Australian lounge room in The Sit Place for the Australian Design Centre’s CUSP: […]
Wellama | Barangaroo Cutaway | 2019
‘Wellama’ means ‘to come back’ and is a 10-minute looped audio-visual artwork by Alison Page and Nik Lachajczak that is a celebration of ritual, ceremony and story practised on Country since time immemorial. Commissioned as a permanent work for the entrance to the Cutaway in Barangaroo Reserve, it welcomes visitors to Gadigal Country and pays […]
The Message | National Museum of Australia | 2020
The Message: The Story from the Shore by award-winning filmmaker Alison Page features descendants of those who witnessed James Cook’s passage in 1770. The National Museum of Australia commissioned Alison and director Nik Lachajczak to create a short film in collaboration with Indigenous communities along Australia’s east coast. The Message features descendants of people whose ancestors witnessed Cook’s […]
Ochre & Sky | National Museum of Australia | 2022
The Australian continent is vast and diverse – from red deserts to rainforest and beaches to bush. It has a long human history stretching from its First Peoples through to contemporary times. The 10-minute new media artwork, Ochre and Sky was created for the National Museum of Australia and explores the relationship between people and the land […]
Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country: Museum of Sydney | 2025
Today, Sydney is known for its iconic harbour, scenic foreshores, bushland reserves, and ever-growing urban and suburban areas. But how were its landscapes experienced and understood in the past? Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country explores the development of the NSW colony through a selection of significant historical maps, plans, sketches, artworks and objects – including the […]
Alison Page: Creative Shape Shifter Exhibition | 2026
Designer, filmmaker and artist, Alison Page always has ideas on the go. In her first solo exhibition, she dives into the ancient and contemporary stories that drive her design process, contributing a life force that she believes is vital for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to connect to Country. Driven by a strong entrepreneurial vision, […]
Come Closer | Westmead Children’s Hospital | 2026
A new entrance artwork for the Westmead Children’s Hospital redevelopment called for a work that engaged children in a playful and interactive experience that was also calming and healing. Alison started by looking at the memory of Country, learning that the Parramatta area was once home to the Sydney Blue Gum High Forest ecology, which […]
Dreaming of the Ancestors | 111-121 Castlereagh St Sydney | 2026
Located in the new commercial, residential and retail development by FJC Studio, 111-121 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Dreaming of the Ancestors is a series of sculptural works that is a personal and creative exploration of Alison’s Ancestral connection to Country. It is a contemplative series of works in various mediums that explores the cultural landscape of […]