Biamanga Room

Located on level 1, the Biamanga Room serves as the Bega Valley Shire Council Chambers. This spacious and well-appointed venue is also available for public hire, making it an excellent choice for larger meetings, workshops, and seminars.

The Biamanga Room features an abundance of natural light and offers a comfortable, open environment for a variety of functions. It comes fully equipped with modern presentation facilities, including a built-in data projector, screen, computer, and speakers to support your event needs.

For convenience, please ensure all presentations for use in the Biamanga Room are provided on a USB, as the room’s data projector and screen are ready to accommodate digital files.

Maximum Room Capacities

The Biamanga Room offers flexible configurations to accommodate a variety of event styles and group sizes. The maximum capacities for each layout are as follows:

Theatre: Up to 100 people can be seated in a theatre-style arrangement, making it suitable for presentations and lectures where audience members are facing the front.
Cocktail: The room can accommodate up to 100 guests for cocktail-style functions, providing ample space for mingling and standing events.
Banquet: For banquet-style events, the room comfortably seats up to 80 people, ideal for formal dinners or celebrations.
Cabaret: The cabaret configuration allows for 56 guests, with seven people per table, creating a collaborative and social atmosphere.
Classroom: The classroom setup can host up to 45 participants plus one facilitator, supporting workshops and training sessions where attendees require tables for writing or using devices.
U-Shape: The U-shape arrangement is suitable for meetings and discussions, with a maximum of 33 attendees seated in this configuration.

Biamanga meaning:
Biamanga mountain is sacred to the Yuin people. There are multiple sites on the mountain where important ceremonies take place. The land and ceremony is the core of Yuin culture, together they make us whole. The Yuin people are the ancient custodians of this land who maintain their strong traditional ties to it today. In May 2006 the mountain was handed back to its traditional Aboriginal owners in an historic agreement signed by the NSW Environment Minister and the Yuin people. Biamanga contains many important initiation sites linked by pathways associated with ritual practices. Bunan ceremonies in days past were large regional gatherings involving local southeast coastal clans and tribal people from the Shoalhaven, the Monaro and Ngarigo (Eastern side), Twofold Bay, East Gippsland and Braidwood. Aboriginal people outside of the Yuin Nation still have strong cultural links to the area to this day.

Biamanga meaning:

Biamanga mountain is sacred to the Yuin people. There are multiple sites on the mountain where important ceremonies take place. The land and ceremony is the core of Yuin culture, together they make us whole.

The Yuin people are the ancient custodians of this land who maintain their strong traditional ties to it today. In May 2006 the mountain was handed back to its traditional Aboriginal owners in an historic agreement signed by the NSW Environment Minister and the Yuin people.

Biamanga contains many important initiation sites linked by pathways associated with ritual practices. Bunan ceremonies in days past were large regional gatherings involving local southeast coastal clans and tribal people from the Shoalhaven, the Monaro and Ngarigo (Eastern side), Twofold Bay, East Gippsland and Braidwood. Aboriginal people outside of the Yuin Nation still have strong cultural links to the area to this day.