The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are proud to announce the official launch of the 2025 Indigenous Jersey: “Meeting Places” by Kyara Fernando, a proud Dunghutti artist from Kempsey, NSW.
The Bulldogs will proudly wear the design in Round 23 against the New Zealand Warriors at Accor Stadium for the NRL’s Indigenous Round, as well as Round 24 against the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium in the Gadhu Gathering.
The Inspiration
Inspired heavily by the theming of meeting places, the Bulldogs’ 2025 Indigenous Jersey resonates deeply with the coming together of community to share valuable knowledge of traditions and cultural heritage.
With vibrant depictions of ancestral land shaping lines of hills, pathways and waterways in the Club’s famous Blue and White colours, this design captures the essence of the distinct environments in the Canterbury-Bankstown district that hold historic value.
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2025 Indigenous Jersey Release
For Kyara, a proud Dunghutti artist who resides in the local area designing the 2025 Indigenous Jersey is a great opportunity to showcase her art in a new format through Rugby League.
“I live in the area and was approached by the Club,” Kyara explained.
“I was always surrounded by my cultural knowledge growing up and influenced by family with art. My main focus is Aboriginal designs as a freelance artist.
It’s a great opportunity to showcase artwork to display my culture in a meaningful way. I appreciate that the Bulldogs recognise and celebrate the living of Aboriginal culture.
The Elements
With a myriad of elements binding together the striking design, Kyara explains the symbolism of each that ties the fabric together.
“I made a few samples of designs that displayed meeting places, where people come together to share knowledge and traditions of culture,” Kyara explained.
“I took the Bulldogs’ pantone colours, and then added black and aqua to give some contrast to make them stand out.
“The symbol of the hands identifies individuals. The depiction of lines indicates ancestral landscapes – the hills, the waterways and the pathways that surround the meeting places.
“The meeting places symbolise the Aboriginal tribes of the area, where the traditional gathering happened in the past and present, and represent historical resilience.”
“The Canterbury-Bankstown area covers quite a bit of land and Belmore was the most dominant but there are all sorts of journeys from the playing squad and where they come from.”
The Reaction
“Some of my family will be coming down from Kempsey to come to the game as well,” Kyara said.
Rugby League is such a dominant sport within all Aboriginal communities across the older generation, the current generation and the next generation, and it brings all the mob together.
“I’m very proud to have done the Bulldogs’ 2025 Indigenous Jersey design. I’m really happy with it.”