NRW Events Calendar 2024

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.

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Wyndham Sorry Day Flag Raising

Civic Centre 45 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

Wyndham City Invites you to come together as community to recognise National Sorry Day on Sunday 26 May.

Whitehorse National Sorry Day Flag Raising Ceremony

Nangnak Garden behind the Civic Centre 379 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, Victoria, Australia

The Whitehorse Sorry Day Flag Raising Ceremony acknowledges the past and seeks to further reconciliation.

Earth Wisdom Film – First Screening

The Round 379 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, Victoria, Australia

Earth Wisdom is a new documentary film celebrating Elder Uncle Wayne Thorpe's knowledge of connection to Country. Registrations required.

National Sorry Day community event in Boroondara

Balwyn Community Centre 412 Whitehorse Road St, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia

Join us for a special performance by Kutcha Edwards, proud Mutti Mutti songman and a survivor of the Stolen Generations.

Sorry Day Ceremony Knox City

Knox Civic Centre Yarning Circle 511 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia

Knox City Council's annual Sorry Day Ceremony.
Welcome to Country, Smoking ceremony, Aunty Jill Gallagher. Mayor and Yidaki (Ash Dargan)

Sorry Day Stolen Generations Community Gathering

Tarpeian Lawn Royal Botanic Gardens Mrs Maccquaries Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A very special community gathering to commemorate our Stolen Generations Survivors past and present.

Kaurna Reconciliation Guided Tours

Adelaide Festival Centre King William Rd, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Join Kaurna Elder Rod O'Brien for a two-hour stroll around Karrawirra Parri (River Torrens).

Sorry Day Community Gathering

The Nobbies Visitor Centre 1320 Ventnor Road, Summerlands, Victoria, Australia

We invite all First Nations peoples and allies to join us in remembrance on this important day.

Kwobba Koornt Good Heart

The Heart soundshell Wallcliff Rd, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

5 Choirs, cultural activities, yarning circles including weaving, a beading, an ochre face painting and a community land art installation.

Ballerrt Mooroop Day 2024

Ballerrt Mooroop Ceremonial Site; Enter from 208A Hilton St,, Glenroy, Victoria, Australia

Ballerrt Mooroop means Strong Spirit in Woi-wurrung language, and the site has cultural and educational importance to all First Nations.

Ballarat National Day of Healing Talk

Ballarat Library 178 Doveton St, BALLARAT CENTRAL, Victoria, Australia

THE TAKEN - Photographic Exhibition Talk
with Photographer David G. Jones in collaboration with local Stolen Generations survivors

National Sorry Day Glen Eira

Glen Eira City Council Auditorium Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Glen Eira Town Hall, 420 Glen Eira Rd, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join us as we come together as a community to honour the journey towards healing and reconciliation on this significant

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Paul House with gum leaves and smoke
Paul Girrawah House

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

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

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