Place names: Reinstating Indigenous knowledge in the public domain

At opposite sides of the nation, Western Australia’s Community Arts Network and the City of Sydney are both recognising the power of place names to make space for First Nations knowledge.

Language is a key tool in reinstating Indigenous histories and culture, and recently two art initiatives have engaged local communities to make way for First Nations Knowledge through place names.

‘The world in Australia is going to go back to its roots of origins through place, meaning to reconnect people to their Country or to their boodja; reconnect Country to their knowledge and their science, and also to the language.‘

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_