Voices for Reconciliation: Louder Than Ever 2024
Be part of a unique performance: join Voices for Reconciliation to celebrate National Reconciliation Week! Submission deadline 15 May 8pm.
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.
You can also add your own event to this calendar or register your private event.
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.
Be part of a unique performance: join Voices for Reconciliation to celebrate National Reconciliation Week! Submission deadline 15 May 8pm.
The David Jones Indigenous Fashion Projects runway will weave stories of legacy, matriarchy, connection and Country.
Please join us to learn and reflect on Indigenous culture, and the important role reconciliation plays in creating community awareness.
Join us for a concert featuring local Indigenous musicians with art and kids' activities
Reconciliation Queensland hosts annual dinner. Join for speakers, Fred Leone's performance, and raffles supporting reconciliation efforts. Limited tickets!
Join us for a special performance by Kutcha Edwards, proud Mutti Mutti songman and a survivor of the Stolen Generations.
Knox City Council's annual Sorry Day Ceremony.
Welcome to Country, Smoking ceremony, Aunty Jill Gallagher. Mayor and Yidaki (Ash Dargan)
A very special community gathering to commemorate our Stolen Generations Survivors past and present.
Join us as we come together as a community to honour the journey towards healing and reconciliation on this significant
Enjoy a hearty breakfast, followed by flag-raising ceremony featuring singing, speeches, and didgeridoo.
Free Community BBQ to kick off Reconciliation Week.
This National Reconciliation Week, we’re inviting you to a free viewing of the film Rabbit-Proof Fence at the Capri Theatre.
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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.