‘RIVER STORIES’
“Freshwater people" have a deep connection to the rivers and waterways of their ancestral lands.
My homelands are defined by floodplains and grasslands, providing abundant natural resources throughout the seasons.
DESIGNING FROM COUNTRY
DESIGNING FROM COUNTRY
D E B O R I G I N A L
I am Debra Beale, a proud First Nation Designer, designing from Country, working accross mediums such as Visual Arts, Surface Pattern Design, Textiles & Fashion, Interior Design & Home Furnishings.
Specialising in commissioning artworks, focusing on creating custom, unique pieces of art for clients.‘RIVER STORIES’
Designed For The Following Leading Companies
Royal Australian Historical Society, City of Sydney, Baker McKenzie, UNSW Business School, UNSW Nura Gili Aboriginal Student Centre, Boomalli, Australian Museum, MCA, NRMA, Balarinji, Adobe, Microsoft, Emu Heights Public School, Charter Hall, College of Law, Mirvac, Macquarie Group, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Carriageworks Solid Ground Program, PHN Central & Eastern Sydney Primary Health, Cox & Ridgeway, Sydney University, D & M Roads, 4D Building Group, SPC Water Proofing, MSD Pharmaceutical Australia, Mckinsey & Co, Oxfam, Greater Western Aboriginal Health Services, Excelsia College, Tenants’ Union NSW, BCCM Co-operative, Community Legal Centres NSW, Walla Mulla Community Centre, Redfern Legal Centre
Designer: Debra Beale - 1 Elizabeth St, Martin Place, Sydney CBD, 2025. Click right arrow to view projects.
Collaboration Baker McKenzie RAP Title: 'Connecting To Country' 2024
'Tumberlong' - Collaboration with Adobe - Refresh Project - Darling Park, Sydney 2024
Collaboration - City Of Sydney, Sydney Lunar Festival 2025
My passion is sharing First Nation cultural stories with grandchildren Kyah and Koen Beale. "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy," Designer: Debra Beale - 1 Elizabeth St, Martin Place, Sydney CBD, 2025.
Hyde Park Barracks, Queens Square, Macquarie Street, Sydney CBD - Collaboration - City of Sydney, Electric Canvas, 'Sydney Christmas Light Show' 2007
'Cradle Mountain' | Microsoft, North Sydney 2022
Collaboration - Balarinji - 'Welcome to Country' Animation | Charter Hall, Sydney 2022
Collaboration Royal Historical Society Artwork: 'Journey Of Our Ancestors' 2020
'Trade Connection' | UNSW Business School, Sydney 2019 to 2029
'Welcome to Country' | Charter Hall, Sydney 2022
MSD Pharmaceuticals RAP Project 2019 - 2026
'Wonnarua' - 'Family & Community', Collaboration Boomalli & NRMA Banners NSW - 2019, 2021
'Social Distancing' - Collaboration Boomalli & NRMA Banners NSW - 2022
'Spiritual Places' | Collaboration Boomalli I Excelsia College 2023
Collaboration I University Of Sydney I Boomalli I 'Embedded Knowledge' 2021
Parliament of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney CBD - Collaboration - City of Sydney, Electric Canvas, 'Sydney Christmas Light Show' 2007
State Library, 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney CBD, Collaboration - City of Sydney, Electric Canvas, 'Sydney Christmas Light Show' 2007
'Christening of Pacific Dawn Cruise Line' 2009, Collaboration - City of Sydney, Electric Canvas, P & O Carnival Cruise Line Australia -
College of Law International Headquarters, 570 George Street, Sydney 2020
‘NGAYI PARRI’ - (MOTHER EARTH)
F A S H I O N C O L L E C T I O N 2025
Fashion NEW
Model Left: Georgia Kesselaar - Country: Dharawal/Tharawal
Photo: Alexander Kesselaar 2024 - Website: kess.mediaAs an award winning fashion designer, my collections consist of First Nation stories told through sustainable cloth and Cultural adornments made of natural materials from Mother Earth. Healing is a universal narrative, and my collection draws inspiration from First Nations stories of healing journeys.
DESIGNING FROM
COUNTRY
Sustainable Eco Dyed Textile Fabric
Creative workshops
Artwork & Photo: Debra Beale
Embracing the philosophy of ‘Designing from Country’, we’ll gather natural materials as tools, transforming them into eco-dyed silk scarves, weaving, wearable arts. Take home your own personal cultural adornments that you can call your own.
Join us for these one-day workshops as we yarn, create and connect on Country!
For corporate gifts, corporate workshops, commissioned artwork, framed and unframed prints, designed fabrics for fashion and home interior contact us.
Digital Art
My art is deeply connected to stories of place and local Culture. As a Woiwurrung, Boonwurrung, Palawa, Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri, Wonnarua, Gamilaroi woman living on Gadigal and Dharug Land, I design from Country, drawing on local stories, customs and my own personal journey.
I have extensive experience creating bespoke pieces catered to specific needs, across artworks, murals and sculptures. For commissioned artworks, please get in touch!
An online store is coming soon! In the mean time please subscribe.
Right: ‘River Story’ on sale @ Boomalli Aboriginal Art Gallery
'NGAYI PARRI'
'NGAYI PARRI'
Debra Beale
My connection to Gadigal and Dharug Country, is a deep spiritual birth connection. My lineage connects me to freshwater and sea waters through my mother’s bloodlines from the Kulin, Palawa and YortaYorta Nations. My connection also flows through the Wiradjuri, Wonnarua and Gamilaraay Nations through my father’s lineage.
My artistic journey is deeply rooted in my connection to Ngayi Parri, or ‘Mother Earth’. Caring for land, sea and sky are our stories of sustainable practices and sustainable living.
My designs share stories of lived experiences as a First Nation woman from Australia and the impact that first contact of white settlers has had on my people and me. Storytelling is healing and my collections are inspired by the stories of my own healing journey, and that of my communities.