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.
Join us for a day of connection, culture & creativity on Ballardong Boodja - all welcome
Enjoy an array of free film screenings at the Australian Museum; a cinematic celebration of First Nations stories.
SunRaysed Voices, Rio Vista Social Club and U3A Sunraysia Singing for Fun choir will be singing 'Solid Rock' in the
This annual service honours the vital contributions First Nations service personnel have made—and continue to the Australian Defence Force.
Join renowned Aboriginal artist, spiritual healer, and master didgeridoo maker and player Lipwurrunga (Les Huddleston) for a powerful and immersive experience at Town Hall Gallery during National Reconciliation Week. In two exclusive sound healing sessions, Lipwurrunga will share the cleansing and transformative energy of the didgeridoo. Through his music and guidance, you’ll be invited on […]
Join us for a series of special film screenings commemorating National Reconciliation Week 2025!
Customise your very own t-shirt with self-confessed ‘Queen of Bling,’ Wiradjuri designer Kristy Dickinson of Haus of Dizzy.
Come along to Sydney Seafood School's First Nations Seafood Snack Party, hosted in collaboration with NICI and Luke Bouke
Celebrate Reconciliation Week with the Kaurna Reconciliation Walk: Bridging Now to Next led by a Kaurna guide.
Join the local First Nations community to see what we do at Barrbunin Beek for a family fun day &market.
Sutherland Shire Council free First Nations film screening.
'Revealed: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists' exhibition tour with curator, Zali Morgan - Whadjuk, Ballardong and Wilman Noongar woman.
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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.
