National Sorry Day
25/05/2020
National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations survivors and reflect on how we can all assist in the healing process.
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National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations survivors and reflect on how we can all assist in the healing process.
May 26 is Sorry Day, a time to reflect on the past policies of forced child removal and the painful stories of the Stolen Generations. Let’s talk Sorry Day, the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the power in saying Sorry.
Canberrans join together to walk across Commonwealth Avenue Bridge days out from National Sorry Day anniversary.
Charles Passi, a Dauareb tribesman shares his thoughts on the importance of National Sorry Day
Canberrans to walk together across Commonwealth Avenue Bridge to promote reconciliation and healing.
THE TAKEN – Photographic Exhibition Talk
with Photographer David G. Jones in collaboration with local Stolen Generations survivors
Exhibition Opening 2pm, Sunday 26th May at Ballarat Library for NationalDayofHealing
Photographer Talk with David G. Jones andfeatured Local Survivors
Darebin Netball Association’s Inaugural Aunty Lesley North First Nations Round at Narrandjeri Stadium, Thornbury
An intergenerational Yuin choir is helping to revitalise and renew the Dhurga language – an act that would have seen them thrown in jail only a generation before.
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 may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
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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.
