Reconciliation WA NRW Reconciliation Truth Forum Online
The Reconciliation Truth Forum will bring together leading thinkers, historians, and advocates to explore best practices in truth-telling.
Every year workplaces, schools, early learning services, community groups, reconciliation groups, and people right across the country host a range of activities and events during National Reconciliation Week (NRW).
The dates for NRW are the same each year: 27 May to 3 June. Look through the calendar to see how you can mark NRW at an event near you.
Hosting your own NRW event? Head to the Events page to add it to the calendar.
Please note: the events on this calendar are not the responsibility of Reconciliation Australia. If you have any questions regarding an event, please contact the organisers.
The Reconciliation Truth Forum will bring together leading thinkers, historians, and advocates to explore best practices in truth-telling.
The Reconciliation Truth Forum will bring together leading thinkers, historians, and advocates to explore best practices in truth-telling.
Join us at Bendigo TAFE’s Echuca campus featuring cultural performances, fun activities and FREE lunch.
BBQ, art & craft, story time, native foods demo.
Spend a relaxing morning beneath the trees exploring Torres Strait Islander culture as we yarn and weave together.
The Get your Reconciliation On event is a major fun run and community event for mob and allies in Frankston.
National Reconciliation Week Breakfast 2025 Nipaluna/Hobart- Bridging Now to Next
Join us for our annual Reconciliation Walk on Tuesday 3 June at 9.30am at Trinculo Place, Queanbeyan to Queanbeyan Park.
Join us in Goomburrup (Bunbury) for the Walk for Reconciliation in the Regions, a powerful opportunity to walk together.
Bringing our National Reconciliation Week program to a close, the Walk for Reconciliation is a powerful moment of place-based truth-telling.
Come and explore the richness and beauty of the Kaurna language in this hour long introductory workshop. Expert Kaurna Language teachers Kira Bain and Labhaoise Upton, will guide you through the basics of the Kaurna language including pronunciation, vocabulary and basic grammar. Attendees will learn phrases for everyday communication and also gain an understanding of […]
As part of Vivid Sydney 2025, NSW Parliament invites you to a unique native food experience, blending culture, storytelling, and tradition. Join Executive Chef Vanessa Harcourt and First Nations Chef Dwayne Bannon-Harrison for a three-course dining experience featuring cultural entertainment & cultural storytelling. Held on a sitting night, this immersive event will explore the cultural […]
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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.
