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You are invited to come celebrate the koort and kaartadjin of Place Names in Walyalup.

Presented in partnership with Community Arts Network, Place Names Walyalup is an exhibition that explores significant Noongar place names in Fremantle. Individual artworks by Noongar community come together in a large scale map that holds memory, language, sites and stories.

Working collaboratively with Noongar Elders and community members, Len Collard from Moodjar Consultancy and Elder Geri Hayden led a decoding process that drew on local Elders’ knowledge, language, memories and stories as primary sources, while also drawing on historical documents and wordlists created by European settlers.

This process decoded five local placenames and celebrated ancient stories behind local places in the Walyalup area. These placenames were creatively explored by community producing over 50 individual works and one larger collaborative artwork.

Community members were recorded by videographer Peter Cheng sharing the story and meaning of each placename. An interactive webpage of these stories and artworks has been produced, along with educational resources that will be launched at the exhibition.

The exhibition will also mark the launch of the Place Names Walyalup Interactive website.

Open the Acknowledgement of Country modal

Walyalup | Fremantle Arts Centre is situated at Walyalup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar.

Walyalup | Fremantle Arts Centre is situated at Walyalup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waterways and extend our respect to their Elders, past and present.

 We offer our heartfelt gratitude to the Whadjuk community and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to care for Country and share their knowledge – this generosity and wisdom helps us to understand and navigate Country safely and respectfully.