Station Place is a cul-de-sac in central Werribee, situated on Bunurong Country and close to Wirribi Yaluk (Werribee River), which borders Wadawurrung Country to the south and west. The eastern entrance to Werribee Train Station — a series of glass panels moving hundreds of pedestrians daily through the subterranean space — has become the site for Wyndham City's Station Place First Nations Art Commission.
Since 2023, Wyndham Arts and Culture has commissioned First Nations artists to activate this space, reflective of Wyndham's Public Art Plan which foregrounds First Nations artistic and cultural expression. Each commissioned artist brings a unique cultural lens to a site that functions as a threshold — a point of arrival and departure on Wadawurrung and Bunurong Country.
Station Place First Nations Art Commission began in partnership with Photo 2024 and the Midsumma Festival, presenting work by Ngaya Ngarigu artist Peter Waples-Crowe, and has continued yearly. Each commissioned artwork also forms part of the annual First Nations Art Tours program that occur in Reconciliation week in late May.
Commissions
Affirm (2024) — Peter Waples-Crowe (Ngaya Ngarigu)
Revisitation and Return (2025) — Peta Clancy (Yorta Yorta)
In the smell of a river, in the flickering of light (2026) — Jody Haines (palawa)
Affirm (2024) by Peter Waples-Crowe
Peter Waples-Crowe’s presentation Affirm situates itself within the architecture of Station Place, specifically the expansive window-based architrave and south entrance to the subterranean hub of Werribee Train Station.
Revisitation and return (2025) by Peta Clancy
Along the windows at the south entrance to Werribee Train Station is the temporary artwork Revisitation and return by Yorta Yorta artist Peta Clancy.
In the smell of a river, in the flickering of light (2026) by Jody Haines
Now installed at the eastern entrance to Werribee Train Station, In the smell of a river, in the flickering of light by palawa artist Jody Haines draws together water, light and place across the station threshold. View it on site at Station Place from July.