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 and the National Code of Conduct currently being developed by the Australia Council for the Arts .

We represent over 400 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.

The artists from the unique community arts collective of Tangentyere will exhibit their refreshing and distinctive works .Tangentyere represent over 380 artists from the 19 town camps in Alice Springs

This exhibition was opened by Dr Meredith Burgmann , former President of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of NSW on Thursday November 13 at 6pm

Exhibition courtesy of Tangentyere Artists




See Exhibition page for more details

On July 28 , 2008 ABC TV's Four Corners program revived media coverage of the exploitation of Indigenous artists that was the subject of a Senate Inquiry in 2007.Since then , major Australian newspapers have also published stories exposing some of the appalling conditions that face outback artists.
World Vision through its arts program including Birrung Gallery continues to advocate on behalf of artists especially through its strong support of community based art centres
In November 2008 the final draft of a national Code of Conduct for the Indigenous arts industry is currently being finalised with broad industry consultation..It is anticipated the Federal Government will review and endorse the code in late 2008 or early 2009
See Gallery News for more information on the Senate Inquiry and the current developments