CURRENT RESIDENTS
PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS HOUSE - PADDINGTON, NSW
Ziggy Ramo
Ziggy Ramo is an International award-winning multi disciplinary artist of Wik and Solomon Islander heritage. Ramo explores his lived experience through an array of mediums.
Exploding onto the scene with his album ‘Black Thoughts’, winning Best Indigenous Hip Hop Record of the Year at the International Hip Hop Awards. In 4 short years establishing himself as a true multi-hyphenate : musician, author, actor, composer.
“Ziggy Ramo continues to be a powerful voice for change in Australian music and culture.’ -RollingStoneAustralia
GALLOP HOUSE - PERTH, WA
Gina Williams
An exceptional composer and performer, Gina is a proud Balladong, Whadjuk, Goreng (Noongar) woman with familial links to the Gitja people of the East Kimberley. Accompanied by guitarist and co-writer Guy Ghouse, her songs are almost exclusively written and sung in Noongar language.
Together they have released four albums and two books, written and performed several works at the Perth Festival and composed two operas – Koolbardi wer Wardong (Magpie and Crow) in 2021 and Wundig wer Wilura in 2024. They also offer a range of workshops for schools, community and corporate groups, sharing Noongar language through music.
Williams was recently commissioned by West Australian Opera to compose a third major work to be staged in April 2026.