Introducing our 2026 First Nations Ball - Biliir.

Designed by First Nations Sean Kinchela, a proud Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri man, Biliir is the Gamilaroi word for Black Cockatoo. In the artwork you can see the dotted pattern symbolising rain and Biliir’s feather below to representing his connection to the rain. The yellow in the middle represents country. The artwork also forms the Aboriginal Flag colours. 

Black Cockatoos are known to fly from the mountains towards the coast when rain is coming. Some of their favourite plants such as Casurina open in preparation to drop seeds and the bark on Banksia trees they like to chew on turns soft. As the old stories go, when we see Biliir the Black Cockatoo, we know the rain follows him.