River Conversations – Leanne Tobin

River Conversations was a two-day symposium situated on the Parramatta River and The Cutaway at Barangaroo – on water and on land co-created with Erin O’Donnell, water law and policy specialist, University of Melbourne and Alessandro Pelizzon, legal anthropologist, Southern Cross University. Led by First Nations voices, interdisciplinary caretakers shared their river conversations through a variety of methods including film, workshops, poetry, talks, storytelling and deep listening.

Session 1 – Day 1: On a boat along the Parramatta river | Leanne Tobin
River Source: Support; it gives, we give
Friday, 22 April 2022

Leanne Tobin is a multidisciplinary artist of Irish, English and Aboriginal heritage descending from the Buruberong and Wumali clans of the Dharug, the traditional Aboriginal people of the Greater Sydney region. Leanne works collaboratively with community groups, local schools and institutions using her art to tell local stories and to evoke an environmental conscience and respect towards the land and its original people. Her art practice seeks to encourage an open and honest dialogue about the past and to nurture, respect and care for Country, paying homage to our Old People and their legacy.