Changing the Face of Circular Quay with Alison Page

"it is about commemorating something that is cultural and significant... but we want to decolonise it in form and in scale"

Artist's impression of Badjgama Ngunda Whuliwulawala, meaning Black Women Rising, a bronze sculpture that will be installed at Circular Quay.

Alison Page is a proud Yuin and Dhurrawal woman and artist who will see her work become a permanent feature in Sydney's Circular Quay.

Alison shares with NITV Radio all about her sculpture, Badjgama Ngunda Whuliwulawala (Black Women Rising) the announcement of which has been commissioned by Lendlease, the manufacturing by UAP as part of the luxury residential One Circular Quay and Waldorf Astoria Sydney hotel development.

Alison shares the experience of collaboration throughout the development with the formation of Sydney Coastal Aboriginal Women's Group and her personal connection to the storytelling saying, "as she rises from the water, she is the mixing of the saltwater and freshwater, she is the energy and essence that lives within Aboriginal women in Sydney today and she is Country"