Tarrkarri – Centre For
First Nations Cultures

In October 2022, Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas MP, launched an urgent project review to examine how best to deliver Tarrkarri as a place of international significance, to celebrate all forms of First Nations cultural life.

The decision came after advice the $200 million project capital budget would fall significantly short to deliver the vision of a landmark global, cultural tourism project for South Australia; and that the project would require a significant reduction in scope to deliver within its existing budget.

Ken Wyatt AM, Bob Carr and Carolyn Hewson AO were appointed by the Premier to conduct the high-level review. The objective of the review is to ensure that the scope, program and budget of the Centre is benchmarked to a world-class standard, which is able to attract global visitors.