REGIONAL STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Catherine Farry
Email rado@westdarlingarts.com.au
Mobile 0487 903 507
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Kelly Leonard
Email aao@westdarlingarts.com.au
Mobile 0448 545 356
PROJECT OFFICER
Jo Crase
Email projects@westdarlingarts.com.au
Mobile 0429 185 108
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
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- CHAIR: Jess Picken
- DIRECTOR: Barbara Quayle
- DIRECTOR: Cheryl Blore
- DIRECTOR: Deb Hunt
- DIRECTOR: David Doyle
DIRECTOR: Krstyle Evans
DIRECTOR: Hestor Lyon
DIRECTOR: Andrew Stacey
DIRECTOR: Dan Schultz
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CONTRIBUTING COUNCILS
Broken Hill City
Central Darling Shire
Wentworth Shire
NSW Department of Lands for the Unincorporated Areas
ABORIGINAL ARTS & CULTURE
Aboriginal Population and Language Groups
- 2,700 Aboriginal people live in the region (approximately 14.5% of the general area population)
- The highest concentration of Aboriginal people live in Wilcannia
- The Murdi Paaki Region comprises the whole of Western NSW, from the Victoria to Queensland borders. Communities serviced include: Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cobar, Collarenebri, Coonamble, Enngonia, Goodooga, Gulargambone, Ivanhoe, Lightning Ridge, Menindee, Walgett, Weilmoringle, Wentworth, Wilcannia
- Aboriginal people make up a significant percentage of the region’s population; over 50% in some areas. The Aboriginal population is growing, while the overall population levels are in decline
- Aboriginal unemployment in Murdi Paaki region, at 23.9%, is nearly three times the non-Aboriginal rate. Individual income of Aboriginal people in Murdi Paaki is 25% lower, on average, than non-Aboriginal people
Indigenous Arts Organisations
- Wilcannia Art Centre