The event, which was held at Chipping Norton Lake on 17 September, was organised by the Kurdish Unity Association of NSW and Australian Kurdistan Veteran (Peshmerga) Association.
The event in Sydney reflected the strong unity of the Kurdish people who are hoping to mark the day as a historic feat for their nation.
Kurds from all four parts of Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria) celebrated with poem readings, live music and danced until sunset, proudly waving Kurdish flags up high.
Many attendees told SBS Kurdish that "no one knows more than the diaspora, of what it is like to lack an independent state and not having a Kurdish passport."
Zubedeh said: "I would love to hold a Kurdistan passport one day, it would be an honour."
"I would love to hold a Kurdistan passport one day, it would be an honour."
Sabiha expressed her feelings towards the referendum by saying: "We’ve been waiting for this opportunity for one hundred years so please don’t blow this opportunity and let Kurdistan be the symbol of democracy."
Adnan Welly president of the Australian Kurdistan Veteran (Peshmerga) Association said Kurdish people do not want a repeat of tragedies like the Anfal genocide and the Halabja chemical attack.
Rewsheh, a Yazidi Kurd expressed her feelings by saying, "My wish from God is an independent Kurdistan and for all the Yazidis captured by IS to be freed."
The Kurdish community in Australia and around the world is patiently waiting for the historic day of the referendum.
The three autonomous regions, controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) but still claimed by Iraq, are set to vote in a referendum in support of Kurdish independence on 25 September.
View footage from the event below:
