Barangaroo cultural site 'never promised'

The museum is a symbolically appropriate place for an Indigenous cultural centre, Ben Franklin says. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The NSW government has defended the choice of the Museum of Sydney as an Indigenous cultural space, saying First Nations people now have influence over a key colonial site.

Former premier Mike Baird in 2014 promised to work towards a national Indigenous cultural centre at the Cutaway at Barangaroo and design plans were drawn up.