In schools, workplaces and communities across the country, thousands of Australians are singing in support of a better Australia.
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) starts today!
The week is a time for all Australians to reflect on our shared histories and act to contribute to a better and more just Australia.
The dates for National Reconciliation Week are the same each year, 27 May to 3 June.
These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.
Bridging Now to Next calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.
Voices for Reconciliation: Solid Rock
To celebrate the start of #NRW2025, Reconciliation Australia has released this compilation of 40 choirs of all ages, from all walks of life and from every corner of the continent.
Nearly 700 community choirs from across the country are raising their voices this week for justice, truth, and reconciliation by singing the iconic Australian 1980s hit song, Solid Rock.
In schools, workplaces and communities across the country, thousands of Australians are singing in support of a better Australia, one that honours First Nations cultures and acknowledges our shared history.
Reconciliation Australia CEO, Karen Mundine, said the enthusiasm of the choirs taking part in Voices for Reconciliation is reminiscent of the overwhelming response from Australians who walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge 25 years ago, on 28 May 2000.
‘The hundreds of thousands of Australians who answered the call to support reconciliation and walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge 25 years ago demonstrated back then that Australians wanted better from their country,’ Karen Mundine said.
‘In 2025, that enthusiasm for reconciliation, truth-telling and justice is once again displayed as Australians come together this week to sing, yarn, learn and show governments that we can do better.’
Singing Solid Rock, joining a reconciliation event in your community, speaking to your friends and family about reconciliation and standing up against racism are all ways that Australians can join us in creating a more just Australia.
