High Ground + Q&A
National Film and Sound Archive 1 McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT, AustraliaA frontier thriller where survival collides with truth and accountability.
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.
A frontier thriller where survival collides with truth and accountability.
First Nations artist Robert Young & author Colin Golvan in conversation, reflecting on ‘welcome’ in First Nations & Jewish cultures.
Join Torres Strait Islander artist Shea Oberleuter for a conversation on memory, identity, culture and change, as they explore the
Join our free National Reconciliation Week community sing-along with Eskatology in Victor Harbor on Sunday 31 May!
Mo'Ju is an artist who is always evolving. And always, always creating. A First Nations (Wiradyuri), Second generation (Filipinx) kid.
A Reconciliation Week event highlighting storytelling through film and in-conversation elements.
The third annual Bondi Beach Book Swap, raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Enjoy the music, listen to highly regarded speakers, followed by a candle lighting ceremony
Sunday 31/5 starting 5.15pm, movie night with dinner and snacks. Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe
Yoga Walks on Country will be guided by First Nation’s yogi, traditional custodian & elder incorporating truth-telling & deep listening
Discover large-scale artworks across the upper ground of Brookfield Place Sydney as part of National Reconciliation Week. The exhibition runs through to NAIDOC Week, inviting visitors to experience First Nations […]
NCIE All In for Reconciliation is a full-day Aboriginal Cultural Immersion experience designed to drive real actions. Join us
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
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