This podcast series explores how Newcastle’s Aboriginal communities share and tell stories. Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises that First Nations peoples have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first storytellers.  

Australia has the world’s oldest oral story telling culture and Newcastle has a rich collection of storytellers. 

Saretta Fielding is an artist, entrepreneur and activist. A member of the Wanaruah Nation, of the Hunter Valley Region in New South Wales, she is the founder of Saretta Art and Design, and Malang Indigenous Corporation, a not-for-profit supporting the sustainable economic and social inclusion of Aboriginal people in the community.    Saretta Art and Design is acclaimed for high-quality original artworks, innovative textiles, homewares, and fashion lines. 

This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL Production.