Our City

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People

After Campbelltown, Blacktown City LGA had the highest proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's in the Sydney Metro. Area at 2.6% (7,055 people). This compares with 1.4% for Greater Western Sydney and only 1.1% for Sydney Statistical Division.


For more information on Blacktown's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People you can use the following link to Blacktown's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Profile.


If you have a question, an idea or want to get involved, please contact Council's Aboriginal Community Development Worker on 9839 6167 or robert.leslie@blacktown.nsw.gov.au.


Blacktown City Reconciliation Action Plan 2010

The Blacktown City Reconciliation Action Plan 2010 is a key plan to build positive relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

You can download the plan here.  BCC Reconciliation Action Plan 2010.pdf  (4173 kb)

For further information, contact Council's Aboriginal Community Development Worker Bob Leslie on 9839 6167 or robert.leslie@blacktown.nsw.gov.au or Social Planning Coordinator Carol Ashworth on 9839 6420 or carol.ashworth@blacktown.nsw.gov.au .

Council wishes to thank all those involved in the process of development and Danny Eastwood for provision of his Artwork within the document.

NAIDOC Week July 2012

NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Events are held across Australia, Western Sydney and Blacktown City.

NAIDOC Week - Blacktown City's 2012 Celebrations will be held on 10am to 4pm 7 July at Casuarina Picnic Area, Nurragingy Reserve, Knox Road Doonside (see map below). There will be a bus pick up from Mount Druitt and Doonside stations.

More information on the program will be provided closer to the date.

If you have a question please contact 9839 6167 or robert.leslie@blacktown.nsw.gov.au.

National Sorry Day Activities in Blacktown City.

The first National Sorry Day was held on the 26th May 1998, one year after the tabling of the report Bringing Them Home, which was an inquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. One of the recommendations of the report was that a National Sorry Day should be declared.

Each year since then, events have been held across Australia on, or around, the 26th May each year to acknowledge the impact of the removal of Aboriginal children from their families.

In 2012 Blacktown City Council will be commemorating National Sorry Day on the 28 May 2012. More information on the program will be provided closer to the date.

Further information: Bob Leslie 9839 6167