East Ballina
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“I still have family connections on my father’s side to East Ballina Aboriginal Place. I believe my father’s mother was born at Angels Beach. All my family still visit East Ballina to acknowledge what happened in the past.” Aunty Susan Anderson 2015
This place contains a landscape of extensive cultural features and natural resources, including former wetlands and coastal ecosystems, which provide a continuing teaching resource for current and future generations.
Today the site is of significance to Aboriginal families of the area who maintain their traditional connection to Country.
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The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage 2012 declaration of the East Ballina Aboriginal Place formally recognises the historic and contemporary cultural values of this land.
Left: The artist Leanne Anderson describes this work at the top of the panel as depicting: “Seashells / pipis – our ancestors used to search for our traditional food.”