Aunty Betty Memorial Reconcilation Week walk
Dicky Beach Park Beerburrum St, Caloundra, Queensland, AustraliaJoin us for a celebration of local culture. A festive day in a beautiful location.
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.
Join us for a celebration of local culture. A festive day in a beautiful location.
Let’s come together to learn, understand and build relationships of respect and trust - Now More Than Ever.
Voice, string and stories told by three Blak women, Berniece Peeauake, Eilla Appo and Georgia Corowa.
Reconciliation 2024 Choir, CQUniversity, Bruce Highway, Amphitheatre, North Rockhampton 12:00pm. Community Choir singing Blackfella/Whitefella, followed by light lunch.
A free aerial performance inside Quay Quarter Tower co-directed by Frances Rings and Joshua Thomson. Live music by William Barton
Let’s come together to learn, understand and build relationships of respect and trust - Now More Than Ever.
Experience this unique and powerful performer known for his fusion of reggae with traditional influences.
Flag raising and morning tea event held in recognition of Reconciliation Week 2024.
Let’s come together to learn, understand and build relationships of respect and trust - Now More Than Ever.
Bird in Hand Welcomes First Nations Artists in Residence, Lisa Khan and Megan Lyons, to their Adelaide Hills Cellar Door.
The sands of Coogee Beach come to life as Aboriginal Dancers perform traditional and contemporary dance.
This one-day only activation invites everyone to engage in a community event, uniting to honour and celebrate Indigenous heritage.
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 may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
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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.
