Mandy Nicholson
Interpretive signage along the Activism theme
Mandy Nicholson
“Aboriginal Culture in Victoria has suffered so much, but it is not ‘lost’ or ‘dead’, it has been sleeping and it is our time to wake it up, it is our responsibility. We are the ones who need to make our Culture relevant and present in the cityscape.”
– Mandy Nicholson, Wurundjeri, Dja Dja wurrung and Ngurai illum wurrung woman
Born in Healesville on the lands of her Ancestors, Mandy Nicholson is a Traditional Custodian of Narrm (Melbourne) and a leading Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung multidisciplinary artist. She has completed significant art and Language projects that represent her Wurundjeri, Dja Dja wurrung and Ngurai illum bloodlines. Mandy founded Djirri Djirri in 2013, the only Wurundjeri female dance group.
Through her art, advocacy and work with community, Mandy is working to awaken and revive her Mother Tongue the Woiwurrung Language and Culture to ensure that present and future generations can know their own
story. “For Wurundjeri women, our purpose is simply to continue our Ancestors’ journey as they live inside us,
and they speak through us via Language. This is known as Genetic Memory.”