Opening Day Film Screening: Northern Waters

Next date: Saturday, 07 March 2026 | 12:30 PM to 01:10 PM

To celebrate the opening weekend of our new exhibitions, please join us for the first screening of Rachel O'Rielly's feature-length documentary, Northern Waters.

Rachel O'Reilly: Northern Waters
Northern Waters (2025) is a feature-length video installation exploring complex aftermaths of the 1967–75 Save the Reef campaign, which successfully protected the Great Barrier Reef from the global oil industry.

At the time, Indigenous people in Queensland lived under apartheid conditions, and non-Indigenous artist/activists involved had no knowledge of the reef’s cultural heritage.

Today, as Indigenous governance is increasingly recognised in World Heritage reef and rainforest regions, hyper-real images of bleached coral circulate globally as symbols of climate crisis, while biodiversity policies continue to fail many at-risk species.

When: Saturday 7 March, 12:30am - 1:40pm
Price: FREE, all welcome

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Image: Gallery view, Rachel O'Rielly Northern Waters, 2025.

As part of our opening weekend events, HBRG will also be hosting Floor Talks with HBRG's Director Sarah Thomson and the artists, along with a choral performance by Bayside Harmony choir. 
Please join us from 10am Saturday 7 March.

When

Location

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, 166 Old Maryborough Road, View Map