Conceptualising Power: A Conversation
Sir Llew Edwards Building UQ St Lucia Campus St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaA conversation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives
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.
A conversation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives
Welcome to Country, smoking ceremony, and discussions on the theme 'Now More Than Ever'
Public Lecture. Delivered by Charles Sturt University Pro Vice-Chancellor First Nations, Professor Tony Dreise
Sausage sizzle as well as some free activities.
A safe space to yarn about reconciliation and the 2024 NRW Theme, Now More Than Ever
Participants will learn about totems and their significance to Noongar culture and the importance of protecting their personal totem.
The Indigenous Justice Committee is proud to invite members of the Bar to attend a discussion on Treaty-making.
Hear from Joshua Carter (Youth Voice Coordinator) and Drew Berick (Elder Voice Coordinator), from the First People's Assembly
AASW presents a live webinar featuring board directors as they discuss Reconciliation Week and where to after the Voice.
A panel discussion on where to from here as part of National Reconciliation Week.
Celebrate NRW with the ceremonial lighting of the illumination at Australian Parliament House.
Celebrate NRW by streaming the NSW Virtual Breakfast and hosting your own local event concurrently.
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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.
