Choirs and events: All In for #NRW2026

We know lots of you are gearing up to mark National Reconciliation Week 2026 (NRW) in your homes, communities, schools and workplaces. 

This year’s theme, All In, is a call for all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every single day.

Reconciliation isn’t just about one week of the year, it’s everybody’s business, every day.

Show your support

Share, print and display #NRW2026 posters, grab the virtual meeting background, and browse through the web banner, social tiles, colouring sheets and t-shirt print files available from the posters and resources page.

Also find NRW 2026 posters, colouring sheets and social tiles, and general information on reconciliation and NRW, in 13 languages other than English at the translated resources page.

Voices for Reconciliation: Beds Are Burning

We are proud to have Beds Are Burning as the 2026 Voices for Reconciliation song.*

Beds Are Burning, written and performed by Midnight Oil, is a powerful anthem that hit a chord nationally and internationally and became a defining soundtrack of the land rights movement.

The song was inspired by the Uluru-Kata Tjuta handback to the Anangu people in 1985 and was written over the course of the 1986 Blackfella/Whitefella tour the Oils embarked on with Warumpi Band throughout Western Desert and Arnhem Land communities.

Decades later, its message still resonates. The song stands as a powerful call to action to know our history and be All In to create a more just, equitable and reconciled future for us all.

For more information and to register your choir, visit the Choirs page.

Events! Events! Events!

Every year, NRW is brought to life through your events.

Whether it’s your first time hosting a NRW event, of if you’ve participated many times, check out our NRW events guide to help you plan your 2026 event.

Add your public event to our online calendar to spread the word. If you’re just looking to attend, keep an eye on the calendar to find events and activities near you.

RAP partners are also encouraged to register private events.

*Reconciliation Australia thanks Midnight Oil and Sony Music Publishing for their support of Voices for Reconciliation. We sing in honour of the memory of Rob Hirst.

Beds Are Burning: Written by Hirst/Moginie/Garrett © Sprint Music
Licensed by Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited

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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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