Elders Storytime
Stirling libraries Mirrabooka 21 Sudbury Road, Mirrabooka, Western Australia, AustraliaLocal Elders will read books by Aboriginal authors and share aspects of Aboriginal culture.
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.
Local Elders will read books by Aboriginal authors and share aspects of Aboriginal culture.
Join us at National Archives of Australia for a curator-led tour of our Voices / Dhuniai exhibition during Reconciliation Week!
Bringing our National Reconciliation Week program to a close, the Walk for Reconciliation is a powerful moment of place-based truth-telling.
As part of Vivid Sydney 2025, NSW Parliament invites you to a unique native food experience, blending culture, storytelling, and tradition. Join Executive Chef Vanessa Harcourt and First Nations Chef Dwayne Bannon-Harrison for a three-course dining experience featuring cultural entertainment & cultural storytelling. Held on a sitting night, this immersive event will explore the cultural […]
Gather friends, bring colleagues, round up your crew for a night of quiz-tastic, brain-teasing goodness!
We are not the first – nor will we be the last – to walk on this land.
Cultural walking tour experience with local Nyoongar Elder in support of Reconciliation.
Share in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, songs, rhymes, and interactive play activities.
Join the Celebrations with traditional Torres Strait Islander foods, dancers and interactive cultural workshops.
Celebrate Reconciliation Week with GATHAA Markets: First Nations stalls, workshops, bushfoods, music and culture on Gubbi Gubbi Country.
Breaking the Boundary is set to light up Small Park this Friday 13thJune, with a stunning gobo projection featuring artwork.
A community celebration event extending on the Sea of Hearts for National Reconciliation Week.
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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.
