@palmyrarebels worked with Regan Bee to create their fabulous bibs that they will wear this week on the 7 June for Reconciliation Round.

In the artwork she created for Rebels, captures a sense of movement, energy, and flow. Using various shades of green – sage, emerald, and forest – she brings depth and richness to the design, reflecting the diversity and beauty of the Australian landscape. Rebels are proud to showcase Regan’s incredible work on their bibs, a symbol of both cultural respect and creative collaboration.

Meet the artist: Regan Bee, a proud Widjabul woman from Bundjalung jagun in New South Wales. Now living in Boorloo (Perth) on Whadjuk Noongar boodja for the past 17 years with her family.

Regan has been creating and painting Aboriginal artwork her whole life.

Her skills were taught from her older brother and other first nations family artists

Her love for art and storytelling, and her connection to culture mean that everyday she gets to do what she loves and show her artwork which reflects the importance of Aboriginal women and enables her to share their stories through art.

#NRW2025 #FNA2025 #fremantlenetballassociation #freonetball #showrespect #FnaClubs #IncludeAll

Thanks to a cultural awareness grant from City of Fremantle, the Freo Fury Netball Club were able to commission Bianca Willder, a Wardandi, Whadjuk, Ballardong, Bindjareb yok (woman) who was born locally in Walyalup (Fremantle), to create a unique piece of art for our club to use within the design of our new indigenous position bibs.

Bianca has been an artist for 27 years, creating contemporary Noongar Art works ( see Noongar OOAK Creations on Facebook). Bianca is a mother to 7 and Nana to 1. Her 4 girls all have played Netball, two more so than the others with big dreams in the Netball fields.

The painting is based around the waters of Walyalup (Freo), with the Derbal Yerrigan - the Swan River - in the centre flowing down from Boorloo (Perth) to the wardan, the ocean.
The people all along the sides of the river are the Netball community.
The blue dots represent the salt water - the ocean.
The green is the surrounding landscape, the bushland - the boodjar, where for more than 65,000 years Noongar people have continuously been connected to country and culture, coming together to be with family and friends, to play and build skills and community together.

We can celebrate this continuing connection to country and community as we come together as a netball club, playing and enjoying our sport with family and friends on beautiful whadjuk noongar boodjar, country that always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Freo Fury has also partnered this year with Kaarli - a small local WA business that is proudly 100% indigenous owned and operated, who work with Aboriginal artists to design and produce an exciting range of socks (and ties) "Designed by mob, for everyone; wear your culture, walk with pride". Kaarli have made their Aboriginal Flag socks available in our Freo Fury colours - and our players are now proudly sporting these socks with their uniforms on court each week.

#NRW2025 #FNA2025 #fremantlenetballassociation #freonetball #showrespect #FnaClubs #IncludeAll