Exhibition and Community
Upcoming events
Discover the Madjawa Maangi exhibition and event program featuring First Nations Freshwater and Saltwater events in August, September and October. Eventbrite booking links below.
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Thursday October 1st
10am - 11am
UNSW Health Translation Hub, Seminar Room
Freshwater: Cultural landscapes yarn
This panel explores cultural health in Freshwater landscapes.
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Thursday October 1st
11:20am - 12:30pm
UNSW Health Translation Hub, Seminar Room
Freshwater: Women's Weaving Circle
Join the Women's Weaving Circle at the UNSW Health Translation Hub.
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Thursday October 1st
12:30pm - 1:30pm
UNSW Health Translation Hub, Seminar Room
Saltwater: Fire as Medicine (Yarning Session)
Yarn with us at the UNSW Health Translation Hub about fire in healing, caring for Country, and cultural land management.
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Thursday October 1st
2pm - 3pm
UNSW Health Translation Hub, Seminar Room
Freshwater: Gamilaraay Language workshop
Discover the Gamilaraay language of northern New South Wales.
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Thursday October 1st
3pm - 4pm
UNSW Health Translation Hub, Seminar Room
Saltwater: Djirringanj Language workshop
Join us at the UNSW Health Translation Hub for a Yuin Djirringanj language workshop.
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Current exhibition
Madjawa Maangi opens 31 August 2026
The Madjawa Maangi exhibition explores Indigenous cultural health — the interconnectedness between people and Country through culture. The exhibition is inspired by the creation story of the seagull who brings the pippi from saltwater to freshwater Country, reflecting the importance of sharing knowledge, skills, and resources.
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Bringing together ancient and contemporary cultural objects and artworks from across New South Wales, the exhibition explores deep temporality, showcasing Indigenous cultural continuity from tjuringal/burruguu (creation), to the present, and into the future.
Across a mixed media exhibition spanning traditional, contemporary, and digital forms, Madjawa Maangi reveals enduring relationships between people and Country, through cultural expression. Resources from the Gaawaadhi Gadudha Research Collaborative (UNSW Sydney) share research exploring the ways culture continues to support healthy people and Country.
Madjawa Maangi is curated by Warren Foster (Senior) (Yuin Djirringanj), Ted Fields (Yuwaalaraay, Gamilaraay) and Shelly Fields (Gamilaraay), drawing on their extensive experience delivering cultural health initiatives, language revitalisation programs and grassroots cultural engagement, and bringing together saltwater and freshwater knowledge, perspectives, and practices.
*Madjawa and Maangi are the words for ‘pippi’ in Djirringanj and Yuwaalaraay.
Artists
- Warren Foster (Senior) (Yuin-Djirringanj)
- Ted Fields (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay)
- Shelly Fields (Gamilaraay)
- Aaron Kennedy (Jerrinja/Djirringanj)
- Hailah Peters-Limerick (Wambaya)
- Jordan Roberts (Bundjalung)
- Kevin 'Sooty' Welsh (Weilwan)
With research by the Gaawaadhi Gadudha Research Collaborative. Brought to you by Tjuringal Ltd and Burruguu Ltd.
The exhibition is free for everyone, open weekdays at the UNSW Health Translation Hub, no bookings required.
Ted Fields (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay), Exhibition Opening Smoking Ceremony. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Warren Foster (Senior) (Yuin-Djirringanj), with prints by artist Aaron Kennedy. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Installation view, painting with feathers by Hailah Peters-Limerick (Wambaya). Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Ted Fields (Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay) and Shelly Fields (Gamilaraay), Exhibition Opening. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Installation view, Guilman and Wirri barks. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Installation view, Dhinawan Walaay recreates an emu nest on Yuwaalaraay Country. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Warren Foster (Senior) (Yuin-Djirringanj), with Exhibition Opening guests. Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Explore our exhibitions and community activations
IHealthE Connected Health Hub
IHealthE Connected Health Hub
The IHealthE Connected Health Hub is a welcoming space that helps communities explore health technology. It offers hands-on support with tools like TeleClinical Care and shares how emerging innovations can empower people to take an active role in their health and wellbeing.
Art at the UNSW Health Translation Hub
Art at the UNSW Health Translation Hub
Works from the UNSW Art Collection are displayed throughout the Health Translation Hub, including works by First Peoples from across Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. New acquisitions for the Collection were made for this flagship health building illustrating the artists’ connection to Country and the use of traditional medicinal plants and health practices.
Image: Installation view, Sally Scales, Wati Tjakura, 2023. Photography: Architectus + Nicole England.
Expressions of Interest
Expression of interest (EOI’s)
The UNSW Health Translation Hub Exhibition Space hosts an annual curated program of exhibitions. Find out and apply for open Expression of Interest and Call Outs.
Open EOI – Complete the Open EOI Form if you have an exhibition proposal. Open EOI’s are reviewed by a selection panel and considered for future exhibition programs.
Call Out – We run call outs to invite contributions to specific exhibitions. There are no current Call Outs. Watch this space for upcoming opportunities.
Open EOI”s and Call Outs are open to UNSW academic and professional staff, students, conjoints, affiliated medical research institutes, health partners working on initiatives with a UNSW connection, UNSW industry partners and UNSW spin-offs.
Contact UNSW.HTH@unsw.edu.au exhibition enquires and supporting documents
About UNSW HTH exhibition space
Located on the ground floor of the UNSW Health Translation Hub (HTH), the HTH Exhibition Space is a UNSW community engagement and display space which runs a program of exhibitions throughout the year.
Our exhibitions will engage people and communities to explore the most pressing global health and societal challenges. Our programs spark curiosity and show how we transform basic science and discoveries into therapies, treatments and cures, delivered directly to patients.
The building is part of the Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct, an innovation district which brings together health education, training, and research with healthcare services including the UNSW, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick and the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
We welcome your feedback about our exhibition space or current exhibit. Please email UNSW.HTH@unsw.edu.au to share your thoughts.
Plan your visit
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All-day parking is available to visitors at the top level of Botany Street multi-storey Carpark, entry via Gate 11 (Botany St). Payment can be made through the Pay-by-Plate meter (located next to the lift) OR by downloading the CellOPark app by scanning the QR code found on the sign. Payment is required on arrival.
Short-term 2P or 4P timed parking bays are available in the carparks accessible via Gate 11 (off Botany Street)
Find out more about Parking at UNSW.
Parking is also available at the Randwick Healthcare Campus, find out more here.
We want you to have an outstanding care experience at our UNSW Health Clinics and we invite you to visit our Health Translation Hub Exhibition.
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You can catch the light rail to the UNSW HTH via the L2 line with the closest stop being High street.
There are also several bus services you can catch to from Central Station and the CBD. Please refer to the Public Transport Trip Planner for routes and timetable information.
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The Exhibition Space is only staffed for special events, contact the UNSW concierge desk or email us ahead of your visit.
The concierge, cafe, and public bathrooms are located on the Ground Floor.
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Located on the Ground Floor of the Health Translation Hub the HTH Exhibition Space is wheelchair accessible.
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The UNSW HTH Exhibition space is designed to be enjoyable for all with programs suitable for young people and adults.
For all group bookings please contact UNSW.HTH@unsw.edu.au.
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Visit our neighbours:
- UNSW Museum of Human Disease
- Sydney Children's Hospital playground
Contact us
UNSW Health Translation Hub Exhibition Gallery
55 Botany St, Randwick
UNSW.HTH@unsw.edu.au