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Be part of the 2022 national Acknowledgement of Country
Join the National Acknowledgement of Country to launch this year’s National reconciliation Week from 12pm (AEST) Friday 27 May 2022. We are asking people all across Australia to acknowledge the land on which they live, work, and learn.
Join the Reconciliation Film Club
Host a Reconciliation Film Club screening and bring people together to develop a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples histories, cultures and perspectives this National Reconciliation Week.
Be Brave. Make Change: Artwork
Our collection of bold, brave characters brought to life by contemporary Torres Strait Islander illustrator, Tori-Jay Mordey shows some of the different faces of Australians working for a just and equal society.
Be Brave. Make Change. NRW 2022 theme
The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.
NRW 2021: Look for a book!
During NRW 2021 and beyond, take the opportunity to host a virtual or in-person book club and share the stories, perspectives and voices of Australia’s First Nations storytellers.
A deep human history: remapping Darug place names and culture on Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury river
Historian Grace Karskens, in collaboration with Darug Traditional Owners and researchers, Leanne Watson, Erin Wilkins, Jasmine Seymour and Rhiannon Wright, explains how their truth-telling project looking into a long-lost list of Darug place names has the potential to permanently change the way we think about the Hawkesbury River—Dyarubbin.
Why educators need to #LearnOurTruth
Hayley McQuire from the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition, chats about their new campaign for students and educators, #LearnOurTruth, and why truth-telling is important in the classroom.
Reconciliation requires action. AWARENESS IS NOT THE END GAME.
Writer and academic Summer May Finlay uses the results of the 2021 State of Reconciliation in Australia report to push allies and accomplices to braver action
Looking in the mirror: 20 years of Reconciliation Australia
Shelley Reys AO, CEO of Arrilla Indigenous Consulting and the inaugural Co-Chair of the Reconciliation Australia Board of Directors, looks back on 20 years of Reconciliation Australia.
Snapping Black
In 2021, the National Film and Sound Archive is hosting a major exhibition of works by a photographer considered to be the ‘father’ of First Nations photography in Australia.
More than a Word. Reconciliation Takes Action
The 2021 National Reconciliation Week theme, More than a word. Reconciliation takes action, urges the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action
#NRW2021 Artwork: Action
The 2021 National Reconciliation Week theme graphics are drawn from the artwork Action by Jessica Johnson.
Reconciliation Australia: 20 Years On
While officially established in 2001, the road that lead to Reconciliation Australia’s inception started much earlier—with Australia’s first formal process of reconciliation in 1991.
Recipes for reconciliation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first great culinary masters of this land, and we are lucky to be living in a time when native ingredients are finally
Torres Strait Islander Flag Flying Strong
The Torres Strait Islander flag was officially presented to the people of the Torres Strait at the sixth Torres Strait Cultural Festival on 29 May 1992.
Be part of the 2022 national Acknowledgement of Country
Join the National Acknowledgement of Country to launch this year’s National reconciliation Week from 12pm (AEST) Friday 27 May 2022. We are asking people all across Australia to acknowledge the land on which they live, work, and learn.
Join the Reconciliation Film Club
Host a Reconciliation Film Club screening and bring people together to develop a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples histories, cultures and perspectives this National Reconciliation Week.
Be Brave. Make Change: Artwork
Our collection of bold, brave characters brought to life by contemporary Torres Strait Islander illustrator, Tori-Jay Mordey shows some of the different faces of Australians working for a just and equal society.
Be Brave. Make Change. NRW 2022 theme
The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.
NRW 2021: Look for a book!
During NRW 2021 and beyond, take the opportunity to host a virtual or in-person book club and share the stories, perspectives and voices of Australia’s First Nations storytellers.
A deep human history: remapping Darug place names and culture on Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury river
Historian Grace Karskens, in collaboration with Darug Traditional Owners and researchers, Leanne Watson, Erin Wilkins, Jasmine Seymour and Rhiannon Wright, explains how their truth-telling project looking into a long-lost list of Darug place names has the potential to permanently change the way we think about the Hawkesbury River—Dyarubbin.
