Connected to Country: Soundscape
Manningham Art Gallery 687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, Doncaster, Victoria, AustraliaPlease join us at Manningham Art Gallery for an intimate Yidaki sound journey with palawa man, Ganga Giri
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.
Please join us at Manningham Art Gallery for an intimate Yidaki sound journey with palawa man, Ganga Giri
Author yarn with Joy Makepeace exploring identity, trauma, healing, and finding the joy within through truth-telling and reflection.
Finding the Joy Within is a courageous and deeply personal memoir of identity, survival and spiritual reclamation. A Stolen Generations survivor, Joy Makepeace grew up walking in two worlds, feeling too black to belong in a white world, and too white to be accepted by her own mob. Beneath her smile, questions of identity, worth, […]
Afternoon tea and art activities at the Port Lincoln Library.
Community viewing of the film History Bites Back a satirical, self-aware, and not afraid to launch a rocket into taboo
Explore new ways of working as Indigenous Knowledge and Western science deliver co-designed research with real-world outcomes for Country& kin.
Discover the Healing Power of Bush Flowers found on Country.
Concert on the main stage at the Edge Federation Square
Join Jo for a vibrant and inspiring evening of art-making and cultural connection.
Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House presents a screening of Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe. Doors open 5.30pm.
The MSO's annual program for showcasing emerging First Nations composers.
Join us for this powerful conversation, and opportunity for reflection on the 2026 National Reconciliation Week theme ‘All In’.
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.
