Eora by Michael Riley 2025

when: 29 January 2025 - 26 December 2025 | venue: Museum of Sydney | cost: Free | address: Cnr Phillip and Bridge Streets , Sydney NSW 2000 | website: https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/eora-by-michael-riley/ | tickets: https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/eora-by-michael-riley/

published: 07 Feb 2025, 5 min read

Eora, by the late Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi filmmaker and photographer Michael Riley (1960-2004), is a 20-minute digital film on display at the Museum of Sydney that tells the story of Sydney's First Nations people - before and after colonisation.

With scenes juxtaposed on three large screens, the work combines archival colonial imagery, natural landscapes and cityscapes, and artworks by many of Riley's contemporaries with an evocative soundscape that includes whispered words of local First Nations people.

'What I tried to do was play around with concepts of time and space within the frame. Seeing Aboriginal people doing some hand-spray paintings on the cave wall and then seeing them jump in a car and take off, like transposed from pre-contact to today…' - Michael Riley, www.michaelriley.com.au/eora

The film, which has recently been digitised, was commissioned for the opening of the Museum of Sydney in 1995. The restaging of the work honours Riley's intent to celebrate First Nations beauty, cultures and survival despite the ongoing effects of colonisation.

The Museum of Sydney is proud to re-screen this important film in its 30th anniversary year.

Go see Eora by Michael Riley 2025.

Eora by Michael Riley 2025 | What's on in Sydney

Eora by Michael Riley 2025 is on 29 January 2025 - 26 December 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Sydney. Call 02 9251 5988 for details. Visit their website at https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/eora-by-michael-riley/.

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what: Eora by Michael Riley 2025
when: 29 January 2025 - 26 December 2025
venue: Museum of Sydney
phone: 02 9251 5988
city/suburb: Sydney NSW

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