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.
Melbourne Football Club is hosting an Open Training Session in Alice Springs on Saturday 31st May. This is an opportunity to see Melbourne players up close and watch them train […]
City of Darwin will host a variety of fun family activities for Reconciliation Week.
Join this informative guided walk around the gentle 100m Tulla-yugaipa dhagun Track.
The Indigenous Veterans’ Ceremony on 31 May 2025 recognises all First Nations Defence personnel who served or sacrificed for Australia.
The Get your Reconciliation On event is a major fun run and community event for mob and allies in Frankston.
Join Taungurung and Dja Dja Wurrung woman Cassie Leatham Fisher-Patterson—Kulin Nation artist and renowned bushtukka woman—for a guided tour.
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 […]
Join us for a series of special film screenings commemorating National Reconciliation Week 2025!
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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.
