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Presented by Metro Trains Melbourne

Curated by Kimberley Moulton. Presented by Metro Trains Melbourne.

A new First Peoples exhibition in Flinders Street Station’s abandoned rooms. Be immersed in Ancestral systems of knowledge. Traverse time and celestial worlds. Reflect on the shadows of Australia’s history.

Flinders Street Station
07 JUNE — 30 JULY 2023

Ticket Details

$18 — 36

$29 tickets available 12-3pm, weekdays
Family tickets from $60
Entry every 15 minutes
Allow 75 minutes to explore the exhibition

Session Details

DATES AND TIMES

CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FINAL WEEK

WED—THU, 11AM to 7PM — last entry 6PM
FRI—SAT, 11AM to 10pm — last entry 8.45PM
SUN, 11AM to 9PM — last entry 7.45PM

EVENT INFO

DURATION | Allow 75 minutes to explore the exhibition.
LOW SENSORY SESSION Adjusted sensory aspects, Sun 16 July 11am-12.30pm. More info on Access page.
TICKETS | Walk-ups available depending on session capacity. $29 tickets available weekdays, 12—3pm
COMMUNITY TICKETS | Discounted tickets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities available. Select during purchase
FAMILY TICKETS | 2 Adults + 2 Children $88 | 1 Adult + 2 Children $60. Select the appropriate number of tickets and add to your cart for discount to be applied automatically
CHILD TICKETS | Children over 2 require a ticket to attend the exhibition. Children must be accompanied
SEATING AVAILABLE | Seating will be available throughout the exhibition. Additional seating can be requested of RISING staff
TRANSACTION FEE | All bookings incur a $4 transaction fee

Accessibility

Experience

Ascend to Flinders Street Station’s top floor for an exhibition that shares spirit worlds, heeding warning and bringing protection. Enter a new dimension where time undulates between the past and present, and where spirits and creatures of country ask us to listen deeply. Thirty of the most exciting First Peoples artists and collectives from across Australia, invite you into these realms.

A cavernous gymnasium hosts water spirits, existing on country and on Ancestral plains. Abstracted desert worlds speak to old wisdom still in practice. The ballroom weaves plant and animal ecologies with the spirit of senior artists that share song and ceremony, immersing you in country. Works illuminate protective guardians, that warn and cause mischief. Some sing. Some whisper. Some rock and roll.

There are layers to the shadows of history; to the spirit of these memories. They’re not myths or legends. They’re real to the people and the land. These expressions exist within systems of deep knowledge that connect to space between what the body feels, and the mind knows.

Come upstairs. Worlds await.