Indigenous Heritage
Ashfield Council acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of this land. We acknowledge this is country of which the members and elders of the local Indigenous community have been custodians for many centuries, and on which Aboriginal people have performed age - old ceremonies.
We acknowledge their living culture and unique role in the life of this region.
Before European settlement, the Ashfield Council area was home to Aboriginal people from Eora group. The Eora group consisted of smaller groups or 'bands'. Eight bands have been identified along the Parramatta River. Two of these eight bands, the Cadigal and Wangal, most likely lived in the are that now makes up the Ashfield municipality.
The Ashfield Indigenous Heritage Mural, painted by artist Adam Hill, tells the story of Ashfield’s Indigenous Heritage.
Please click here to read the brochure about the mural from ANTar, the Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation.
