National Reconciliation Week at Healesville Sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary Glen Eadie Ave, Healesville, Victoria, AustraliaConnect with Aboriginal Culture at Healesville Sanctuary over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd June.
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.
Connect with Aboriginal Culture at Healesville Sanctuary over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd June.
Share in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, songs, rhymes and interactive play activities.
Join the SunRaysed Voices inclusive community choir to sing Blackfella Whitefella at the Mildura Farmers Market on Saturday June 1st.
A unique opportunity to learn about the First Nations experience of incarceration at HM Prison Pentridge
Join Ngunawal Custodian, Wally Bell, on a walk from Lanyon Homestead to one of Canberra's remaining Canoe Trees.
Join senior First Nations artists from Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait for a hands-on creative workshop.
Kulin Nation bushtukka woman Cassie Fisher-Patterson will host these tours and share her extensive knowledge of traditional and medicinal uses.
Cruise around Sydney Harbour with Tribal Warrior and learn about the local people. Light lunch, tea and coffee included.
- DJ
- Face Painting
- Giveaways
Come and see our Sea of Hearts installation at the Yeronga Hyde Road Kindergarten 75th Celebration, with a performance by Lucas Proudfoot.
The AASW WA Branch are bringing you a fantastic opportunity to learn about the Dreamtime stories and Aboriginal Art techniques.
What does it mean to you that Treaties ensure First People have a say on matters that affect them?
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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.
