Wudhagaragarra translated from Wiradjuri tongue means "to hear, to listen, to learn," according to one of the event organisers Yvonne Hill, the Aboriginal education engagement officer at the Department of Education and Communities.

The Wudhagaragarra Awards celebrate and recognise innovation, excellence and achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education in New South Wales public schools and school communities.

More than 50 awards were presented to selected high achieving Indigenous students at infant, primary and secondary school levels.

The day also recognised Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers, staff, community members and schools.

Award winners came from schools right across the Western Region, including Mudgee, Lithgow, Bathurst, Lightning Ridge, Coonabarabran, Dubbo, Narromine, Broken Hill, Forbes and Cowra, and places between.

Ms Hill said more than 50 awards in total were presented at the ceremony, which was led by Australia television and film actor Luke Carroll.

Carroll, a presenter on the popular television series, Play School, and a proud Wiradjuri man, made it very clear he was proud to be involved with the day's celebrations.

Along with the presentation of the awards, attendees were treated to a number of traditional indigenous performances, one from Trangie Central School duo, Shona Artery and Pat Skinner.

The pair said they had been learning traditional dance for the last five years.