Memory basket
“They are fun people that you meet here … Everyone’s friendly, it feels like you’re home.”
Nicholas Williams, Ntaria NT
At the heart of Big Sing Community are the memories and stories created at Big Sing events. Our first point of connection is song, and singing together. But that’s not all that we share.
Stories
How it all started
I have always loved music, my mum and my nan loved to sing, as did all my nans cousins who would sing funny songs at our family parties.
Beryl’s portrait – from Central Australia to the coast and back
A photographic portrait of Beryl Bell taken at Big Sing in the Desert was included as one of the Portraits of Australians in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens.
Kungkas downtime!
Rachel with some of the Kungkas (women helpers) starting the day with a cuppa by the campfire.
My favourite song is …
Kate Lawrence, regular attendee and crew member at Big Sing in the Desert shares her favourite song and why.
Bring Me Home crosses another border
Rachel Hore’s song Bring Me Home translated into German.
Elbow Buddies
Finding fun ways to connect with each other when we first meet at Big Sing in the Desert.
Lis loved Big Sing in the Desert
Coming to Big Sing in the Desert was a life-changer for Lis Tuck
Bring Me Home translated into Pitjantjatjara
Bring Me Home was translated into Pitjantjatjara at Big Sing in the Desert, April 2016.
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Big Sing events
since 2010