Yarn and Create
Yarn and Create: Connecting Through Culture, Creativity, and Conversation
Every year workplaces, schools, early learning services, community groups, reconciliation groups, and people right across the country host a range of activities and events during National Reconciliation Week (NRW).
The dates for NRW are the same each year: 27 May to 3 June. Look through the calendar to see how you can mark NRW at an event near you.
Hosting your own NRW event? Head to the Events page to add it to the calendar.
Please note: the events on this calendar are not the responsibility of Reconciliation Australia. If you have any questions regarding an event, please contact the organisers.
Yarn and Create: Connecting Through Culture, Creativity, and Conversation
Make images with sunlight in a workshop with Jacinta Taylor— a Gnudju/Noongar Yued artist in the Revealed exhibition at PICA.
A program to transform the allyship of non-indigenous people, running June to September. Applications close 31st May.
Feather Flower Workshop (Goat Gallery Natimuk) with Aunty Glenda Nicholls and Dyurrite/Mount Arapiles Walk with Gail Harradine on Wotjobaluk Country.
In this ticketed workshop children aged 7–12 can join artist Mandy Quadrio to make their own kangaroo skin friendship bracelets.
In this ticketed workshop children aged 7–12 can join artist Mandy Quadrio to make their own kangaroo skin friendship bracelets.
The Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre invites volunteer leaders and volunteers in Boroondara to this free workshop to gain a deeper understanding of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Delivered by Oonah Aboriginal Health and Community Services, you’ll learn: • about common barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access volunteering opportunities • […]
Free, bookings essential Ages: 13–18 Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins Meet staff at the Learning Studio 10 minutes before the start of the workshop. Art Labs is a series of artist-led workshops connecting young audiences with artists, artmaking and the National Gallery’s collection. In this Art Lab, upcycle and bling out your pre-loved clothes with […]
Come and explore the richness and beauty of the Kaurna language in this hour long introductory workshop. Expert Kaurna Language teachers Kira Bain and Labhaoise Upton, will guide you through the basics of the Kaurna language including pronunciation, vocabulary and basic grammar. Attendees will learn phrases for everyday communication and also gain an understanding of […]
A free Wellness Workshop for community members to relax, connect and learn.
Come along to a special screening of two films and to celebrate Eddie Mabo's life and legacy.
As local and global landscapes shift — from changes in Queensland’s approach to treaty to broader challenges facing DEI globally — the need for meaningful, grounded reconciliation has never been more urgent. Join us for an engaging fireside conversation with distinguished leader Vonda Malone, as we explore what sustainable reconciliation looks like in practice. Drawing […]
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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.