St Patrick's Day: A festival of friendship between Aboriginal and Irish people in Australia

Kidogo Arthouse, in Fremantle, Western Australia, is a unique programme of performances and activities for the week that's in it, including live music, an International Rules friendly, and an international bread cookoff

Traditional owner Walter McGuire, with Joanna Robertson at Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Australia.

As Paddy's Day approaches, and our focus turns to the connections between Ireland and the world, one community in Western Australia is celebrating deep ties to Ireland with a unique, week-long festival.

The connection between Irish people living in Western Australia and the region's Aboriginal people is being embraced in Kidogo Arthouse's 'Hand in Hand' Festival, the first programme of its kind. Running presently until Paddy's Day, the festival has included live events, as, unlike Ireland, Australia is in the process of assuming post-Covid life.