The Talbragar Wiradjuri Aboriginal Corporation (TWAC) wants to share their culture and heritage with an international audience at an upcoming Italian festival celebrating multiculturalism.

The organisation hopes to raise money to compete internationally and represent Indigenous Australian culture.

Kylie Wells said the group is also raising money for her son and uncle Cr Lewis Burns to return to Australia as her son had his passport stolen.

“Our culture means everything to us, it’s our whole life story, and we will continue to tell our story through our culture,” Ms Wells said.

She believes Aboriginal culture has been lost through British settlement and it is vital to strengthen and regain culture in Indigenous hands.

“In order for our mental health we’re connecting to country and connecting to where we belong.”

First Nations people were previously limited in how they could express their culture, she said, but now they have the opportunity to share it internationally.

“Now we can actually share it beyond our Indigenous people and that’s really what we’re all about.”

She said unity is the power that brings people together, not division.

“When we express our culture internationally, we introduce people from all over the world to it.” The beauty of the international festival is the diversity of each culture on display.

Ms Wells said that she and the Dubbo organisation are looking forward to leaning more about other cultures and sharing her own culture with others. “By teaching them, they teach us”.

Donations are being accepted. Please email info@talbragar.org for more information.