Walk on Country
Cudgen Surf Lifesaving Club Marine Parade, Kingscliff, New South Wales, AustraliaJoin us for a Community Walk on Country at Kingscliff to mark Reconciliation Week.
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 Community Walk on Country at Kingscliff to mark Reconciliation Week.
Hear from Deb Moyle, member of SA's First Nations Voice. Discuss next steps for Reconciliation.
A day to commemorate the successful 1967 referendum with a joyous celebration of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture
Join senior First Nations artists from Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait for a hands-on creative workshop.
Bird in Hand Welcomes Kaurna Elder, Uncle Mickey O'Brien, to perform a traditional Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony.
Joy Thomas speaks on Pathways to Reconciliation, followed by QandA and afternoon tea.
Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival 2024
As Reconciliation Week comes to a close, join us for a screening of the documentary Always Was, Always Will be.
Come and share a meal and join for a church service with guest speaker Natasha Lane.
The extraordinary story of Yolŋu elder Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM.
Post film Truth Telling discussion with filmmaker and guests
Guest speaker: Dr Georgia Durmush is a Senior lecturer in Sociology and Youth Work in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University.
Join a free community screening of The Last Daughter at the Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre
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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.
