Sing on the Dugulumba Balun
Logan River Parklands Blackbird St, Beenleigh, Queensland, AustraliaJoin your community on the banks of the Dugulumba Balun (Logan River) to sing "Blackfella/Whitefella" & make a rockin' music-video.
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 your community on the banks of the Dugulumba Balun (Logan River) to sing "Blackfella/Whitefella" & make a rockin' music-video.
SCA's (early) NRW Movie Night - In My Blood It Runs. Limited tickets available!
Whoopee Do Crew at the Kurilpa Kiosk with a deadly feed from Murri Watch!
Nature walk with Cyril Yarran at Manning Park
Join us for a Welcome to Country, Smoking ceremony and performances followed by a short walk and a free BBQ.
The David Jones Indigenous Fashion Projects runway will weave stories of legacy, matriarchy, connection and Country.
Hear Scott Rathman Jnr's acoustic session followed by a relaxed artists talk in Gallery M Sat 18 May
Learn the Art of Boomerang Making with Peter Swain - what makes it fly and what make it come back?
UQ Poche Centre is honoured to host a weaving circle led by Carly Wallace.
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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.
