Flag Raising and Morning tea
Derrimut Weelam Gathering Place 199 Bay Trail Road, Mordialloc, Victoria, AustraliaMordialloc, City of Kingston
Every year workplaces, schools, early learning services, community groups, reconciliation groups, and people right across the country host a whole range of activities and events during National Reconciliation Week (NRW).
Check out the events below and see how you can mark NRW at an event near you.
The dates for NRW are the same each year; 27 May to 3 June.
Please note: the events posted below are not the responsibility of Reconciliation Australia. If you have any questions regarding an event, please contact the organisers.
Mordialloc, City of Kingston
Flag raising and Cultural ceremony to mark the Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the beginning of National Reconciliation Week
Let’s come together to learn, understand and build relationships of respect and trust - Now More Than Ever.
Mackie Park, Narrogin. Smoking Ceremony, Welcome to Country, stalls, activities, free lunch, and more.
Cardinia Shire Council invites all community to come along to our reconciliation flag raising Ceremony,
An alternative, digital projection by artist Nathaniel Stewart / oldmatee788 that celebrates our place, creativity and the interlink of our many cultures.
]Monday 27 May to Wednesday 29 May dusk to 11:00 pm
a time to explore how we as individuals and as a community can contribute to achieving reconciliation.
North West Hospital and Health Service and Queensland Ambulance Service joint signing of refreshed Statement of Commitment to Reconciliation
Walk with us from Coast Shelter to Industree Stadium and show your support of Reconciliation and celebrate our First Nations
Each year, QPRC holds a large and symbolic walk for reconciliation, which involves all of the schools across the Queanbeyan.
Fairfield City's National Reconciliation Week flag raising event to acknowledge shared cultures, histories and achievements.
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Paul Girrawah House has multiple First Nation ancestries from the South-East Canberra region, including the Ngambri-Ngurmal (Walgalu), Pajong (Gundungurra), Wallabollooa (Ngunnawal) and Erambie/Brungle (Wiradyuri) family groups.
Paul acknowledges his diverse First Nation history, he particularly identifies as a descendant of Onyong aka Jindoomang from Weereewaa (Lake George) and Henry ‘Black Harry’ Williams from Namadgi who were both multilingual, essentially Walgalu-Ngunnawal-Wiradjuri speaking warriors and Ngunnawal–Wallaballooa man William Lane aka ‘Billy the Bull’ - Murrjinille.
Paul was born at the old Canberra hospital in the centre of his ancestral country and strongly acknowledges his First Nation matriarch ancestors, in particular his mother Dr Aunty Matilda House-Williams and grandmother, Ms Pearl Simpson-Wedge.
Paul completed a Bachelor of Community Management from Macquarie University, and Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage and Management from CSU.
Paul provided the Welcome to Country for the 47th Opening of Federal Parliament in 2022. Paul is Board Director, Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Council, Member Indigenous Reference Group, National Museum of Australia and Australian Government Voice Referendum Engagement Group.
Paul works on country with the ANU, First Nations Portfolio as a Senior Community Engagement Officer
Reconciliation Australia acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.
