NRW Events Calendar 2025

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.

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Bridging Now to Next with Dwayne Coulthard

Salisbury Community Hub 34 Church Street Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

This year’s Reconciliation Week theme, Bridging Now to Next asks us to reflect on the ongoing connection between the past, present, and future. On Sorry Day, join Dwayne Coulthard, a […]

Monash Council Reconciliation Week event 2025

Monash Council Civic Centre Glen Waverley Library Forecourt, 112 Kingsway, Glen Waverley,, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia

Join us in celebrating National Reconciliation Week 2025 in Monash! Free event, all welcome.

Sorry Day Ceremony at Knox

Knox Civic Centre Yarning Circle 511 BURWOOD HWY WANTIRNA SOUTH VIC 3152, Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia

Join us for our annual Sorry Day ceremony at the Knox Civic Centre Yarning Circle.

Bridging Now to Next Storytime at the Dock

The Dock 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands, Victoria, Australia

Sing, dance and hear Bush tucker Counting by Maureen Glover read by our librarians at this week’s Storytime.

Lunchtime in the CBD with Jaxon De Santis

Raintree Park 52 The Mall Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Tiwi singer songwriter Jaxon De Santis free lunchtime concert in Raintree Park.

Bush Foods

narrm ngarrgu Library 141 Therry Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation to explore the significance of plants in Wurundjeri culture.

Reconciliation Week – Bush Foods

narrm ngarrgu Library 141 Therry St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bush Foods with Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation Explore the significance of plants in Wurundjeri culture through an engaging, hands-on experience. Kids will be able to touch, smell, and […]

Food Connections

Yangebup Family Centre 11 Dunraven Drive, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

A free bushtucker inspired shared lunch for our local community attending the Mobile Foodbank Truck. Please join us!!

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Paul House with gum leaves and smoke
Paul Girrawah House

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

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

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