Welcome to Birrung

Birrung Gallery is a World Vision Australia initiative that provides unique Indigenous artwork to collectors and art lovers around the world.

Through the sale of fine arts, Birrung Gallery raises funds for Indigenous community development, including employment training at our Sydney gallery, scholarships for Indigenous students and preventative health, social, cultural, economic and governance activities in rural and remote Australia.
Birrung also advocates for the rights of Indigenous artists through such avenues as the 2007 Senate Inquiry in to the Indigenous Arts Industry .

We represent over 300 Indigenous artists and 25 remote communities from across Australia.

We invite you to learn more about World Vision Australia's Domestic Programs.

We are located in the vibrant East Sydney precinct on the border of Kings Cross /Potts Point and Woolloomooloo. Parking is often available outside the gallery on weekends in William Street .

Business Hours are Tuesday - Friday 10am-5.30pm
Saturday and Sunday 11am - 5pm 
Monday closed
Phone 02 95509964 Fax 02 95509627
Email birrung@worldvision.com.au



see the Contact Us page for further details re address, parking and public transport.

From May 10 Birrung Gallery is delighted to announce an exhibition of recent works by ten  senior male artists from remote Central Australian communities.Five of these artists are among the the living Ngangkari ( medicene men) left from an era that is rapidly diminishing.
Of special note are works by Jimmy Baker who featured in the Cultural Warriors exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia earlier this year and 92 year old Dickie Minyintiri who is senior custodian of Uluru. It will also be a sneak preview of the first solo exhibition of Jim Nyukuti another remarkable talent who has only begun painting recently.
This exhibition is a unique opportunity to acquire a piece of our cultural history from a rare group of individuals


See the Exhibitions page for more details

See the Mailing list page to receive exhibition invitations .

World Vision Australia enjoys close working relationships with many corporations who wish to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians or participate in overseas projects .
As part of our corporate volunteer program staff from the Sydney office of MLC recently spent a day repainting Birrung gallery .At the same time they were given a unique opportunity to gain some understanding of the Indigenous art world

see also the About Us page for more information on the people associated with Birrung gallery