Celebrating Aboriginal Culture at the Wellington Library

Bayai Library Day was a chance to celebrate Aboriginal culture through performances from Wellington High School students, a morning tea with traditional flavours and a wide range of books at the library. Indigenous community links workers at Bayai, Herb Smith and Pam Toomey said the partnership with Macquarie Regional Library would see the event get bigger every year in a bid to engage the Aboriginal community at the library.

Wellington branch manager Amy Swan said she was also looking to increase the resources available on Aboriginal culture. “We have a lot of local studies with the history of Wellington but not a lot of Wiradjuri history so we are looking to get as much as we can in terms of language, history, audiobooks, CDs with Aboriginal music and films,” she said. “We do have a lot of Aboriginal work but we want to build up specifically on Wiradjuri resources, too.

“I hope it connects the library with the Aboriginal community as a resource for them to make the most of and enjoy.”