Wadawurrung
Victoria
Murran is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub located on Wadawurrung Country in Geelong CBD Victoria. Owned and managed by First Nations not-for-profit organisation Ngarrimili, Murran includes a retail store, art gallery, café, coworking areas, meeting rooms and conference rooms.
The hub offers spaces for gathering, connection, culture, and collaboration, and provides the First Nations and wider community with business and entrepreneurship opportunities, career pathways, culture and learning.
Murran was designed by Dawn Architecture in close consultation with an all-female First Nations advisory group, with other key contributors including Ngarrimili, design consultant Chris Connell Design, and builder Laney Constructions.
Murran fulfils our requirements and exceeds our expectations as a world class Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business, retail and arts hub on Wadawurrung Country.
The hub reflects the local people and culture respectfully, after consultation with the Traditional Owners, and is a welcoming, functioning environment in conversation with Wadawurrung culture. The hub provides for a multitude of productive functions in a beautiful space for Ngarrimili’s ever expanding services. Each space creating a new experience for visitors, whilst remaining true to Ngarrimili’s core vision of Blak Excellence.