East Ballina

“I still have family connections on my father’s side to East Ballina Aboriginal Place. I believe my father’s mother was born at Angels Beach. All my family still visit East Ballina to acknowledge what happened in the past.” Aunty Susan Anderson 2015

This place contains a landscape of extensive cultural features and natural resources, including former wetlands and coastal ecosystems, which provide a continuing teaching resource for current and future generations.

Today the site is of significance to Aboriginal families of the area who maintain their traditional connection to Country.

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage 2012 declaration of the East Ballina Aboriginal Place formally recognises the historic and contemporary cultural values of this land.

Left: The artist Leanne Anderson describes this work at the top of the panel as depicting: “Seashells / pipis – our ancestors used to search for our traditional food.”