Kew Y Ahn Gallery

02/10/2026

12 weeks to Christmas. Maybe you're sending a gift overseas? Want something authentically Australian, from the Central West?

Our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery is open at Hartley Historic Site Thursday to Sunday.

Work by Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers, jewellers and photographers from across the NSW Central West is represented in rotating exhibitions in the gallery space.

⌚10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm). Closed Mon-Wed.
📍NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow).

The project is a partnership between Arts OutWest and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Pictured: Top Row: Woven Ornaments, Warranha Ngumbaay (Wiradjuri) $14 | Christmas Ornaments, Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) $18 | Christmas Card, Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) $7.50

Middle Row: Gift Tags, Mudgee LALC $10 | Christmas Card, Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) $7.50 | Painted Ornament, Tirikee (Wiradjuri) $10

Bottom Row: Woven Ornaments, Warranha Ngumbaay (Wiradjuri) $14 & Painted Ornament, Tirikee (Wiradjuri) $10 | Christmas Ornaments, Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) $18 | Gift Tags, Mudgee LALC $10

29/09/2026

LONG WEEKEND IN THE BAG!
Make the visit to Hartley Historic Site and visit our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery.

Work by Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers, jewellers and photographers from across the NSW Central West is represented in rotating exhibitions in the gallery space.

⌚10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm). Closed Mon-Wed.
📍NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow).

A partnership between Arts OutWest and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Arts Outwest

National Parks and Wildlife Service

14/09/2026

NEW WORK all the time at Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at Hartley Historic Site.

Pictured: Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) 'Thoth Returns' – Mixed Media on Canvas $280

Work by Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers, jewellers and photographers from across the NSW Central West is represented in rotating exhibitions in the gallery space.

⌚10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm). Closed Mon-Wed.
📍NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow).

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10/09/2026

10/09/2026

Is a visit to Hartley on the cards?

Our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery is open at Hartley Historic Site Thursday to Sunday.

Work by Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers, jewellers and photographers from across the NSW Central West is represented in rotating exhibitions in the gallery space.

⌚10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm). Closed Mon-Wed.
📍NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow).

The project is a partnership between Arts OutWest and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Image: Bottom to Top: Greeting Cards (Yarn), Mudgee LALC $7 | Gift Cards, Miree (Wiradjuri) $7 | Gift Cards, Jess Leffley (Wiradjuri) $7.

03/09/2026

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR ABORIGINAL ARTISTS & MAKERS.
Across the NSW Central West.

Arts OutWest are currently expanding the range of products sold at our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at the Hartley Historic Site and arts markets.

Do you create…
📍 Textiles: bags, kids clothes, beanies, scarfs, headbands and hairclips, hand screened tea towels, knitted items, handmade textiles.
📍 Natural fibre work: weaving, bowls or platters, bags, woven animals;
📍 Paintings, prints, art photography or greeting cards;
📍 Jewellery: ear rings, beading, bracelets, brooches;
📍Ceramics, pottery, buttons and badges, handmade toy animals, carved wood items, candles, giftware…

About the Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery
• The gallery is a partnership between Arts OutWest and National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Exclusively showcasing art of Aboriginal artists from the NSW Central West
• Located in the visitors centre at heart of the Hartley Historic Site
• Work also sold at places like the National Indigenous Art Fair
• Traditional through to contemporary works exhibited – all styles welcome
• Set your own prices, get paid for your work. Items are sold on commission

FIND OUT MORE and fill in an expression of interest: https://artsoutwest.org.au/pf/kew-y-ahn-aboriginal-gallery-how-to/

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Arts OutWest is supported by Create NSW, Charles Sturt University and our 12 member councils.

The Central West Aboriginal Arts Development program is funded through the federal government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS).

09/08/2026

$25,000 in art sold in one weekend //

Taking Aboriginal art from the NSW Central West to the world (and bowling them over).

Super proud of our stand at the National Indigenous Art Fair in Sydney lasty.

Our Aboriginal Arts Development Officer Aleshia Lonsdale, assisted by Parkes-based Wiradjuri artist Ronda Sharpe, represented artists from our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery at the annual market (held this year at The Cutaway at Barrangaroo).

Success is an understatement: They sold over $25,000 of art on behalf of Aboriginal artists from the region.

Actually, they sold so much work that Aleshia had to duck back west for a whole restock half way through the weekend.

Aleshia is now at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (6-9 August).

🌐 Key-y-ahn Aboriginal Gallery: https://artsoutwest.org.au/pf/kew-y-ahn-aboriginal-gallery/

🏛️ VISIT US: Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery is a partnership with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Open Thurs-Sun, 10am-4pm in the NPWS building 51 Old Great Western Highway Hartley.


➡️ EXHIBIT WITH US: If you're an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist or maker living in the NSW Central West, looking for gallery representation, get in touch with Aleshia: [email protected]

Some of the artists featured:
- Bird Girl Creations
- Sonia Cox
- Ronda Sharpe
- Bev Coe
- Tirikee
- Tanya Stevens
- publications by Rod Towney and Amy Towney, Nyree Reynolds, Bev Coe

📷 Photos: Ronda Sharpe.

06/08/2026

MAKE THE DETOUR. Out and about this weekend? Our Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery is open at Hartley Historic Site.

Work by Aboriginal painters, weavers, designers, jewellers and photographers from across the NSW Central West is represented in rotating exhibitions in the gallery space.

⌚10am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm). Closed Mon-Wed.

📍NPWS Hartley Visitor Centre, 51 Old Great Western Highway (just off the Great Western Highway) Hartley (10 minutes east of Lithgow).

The project is a partnership between Arts OutWest and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Images: Carolyn Hide

03/08/2026

Excited to have work from Central West artists at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

It’s a chilly 2 degrees here on Wiradjuri country, so my birds have flown to the top end for some sunshine and deadly company, as the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair celebrates 20 years.

With thanks again to the superhero crew at
Kew-Y-Ahn Aboriginal Gallery and Arts OutWest for giving us mob so many unique opportunities to celebrate, connect, engage and grow our community.

If you’ve snoozed on your tickets to Larrakia Country, you’ll be pleased to know there’ll be an opportunity to purchase artworks online. Be sure to give Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair a follow, and head to DAAFs website to sign up for early access. Congrats to all as we celebrate of the diverse arts, crafts and design of Australia’s First Nations Peoples, and here’s to hoping I’m well enough next year to come give you mob a hug on country.