The Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub is proud to present a special community screening followed by Q and A of the acclaimed documentary Her Name Is Nanny Nellie, a powerful and deeply personal exploration of truth-telling, memory, and cultural reclamation in Australia’s public institutions.

In 1925, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues of ‘full blood’ Aboriginal people—a child, a man, and a woman—displayed without names as ethnographic specimens. One of those statues depicted Nellie Bunjil Walker, whose story had been hidden for nearly a century.

Now, her great-granddaughter, Parkes Wiradjuri artist and educator Irene Ridgeway, embarks on a deeply moving journey to reclaim Nanny Nellie’s story. Directed by Irene’s son, award-winning filmmaker Daniel King (Ngarigo, Yuin, Awabakal), the film retraces Nellie’s life through family records, museum archives, and Country—seeking not only to honour her legacy but to reconnect with the descendants of the other two statues and restore dignity to their identities.

Her Name Is Nanny Nellie is more than a film—it is an act of cultural justice. The documentary confronts colonial representations and invites audiences to consider how history is preserved, presented, and remembered. Following premieres at the Adelaide Film Festival and broadcast on SBS/NITV, in 2025 Irene and Daniel won an Australian Museums and Galleries Association - Connection Awards category and film and a contender at the 2025 AACTA Awards in the documentary category.

This community screening is part of the Science Hub’s year-round program celebrating arts, knowledge sharing, and First Nations leadership in Western NSW.