When is reconciliation week

Watch and share. Find out more Here's more information about these significant events Mabo and Native Title. Today, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in workplaces, schools and early learning services, community organisations and groups, and by individuals Australia-wide. Hundreds of NRW events are held each year.

You can find an event near you, or register your own, here. Reconciliation Australia also wishes to thank all partners, organisations, governments and individuals who are striving for a more just, equitable and reconciled Australia, without whose efforts we could not bring people Australians together in advancing our reconciliation in our nation.

I think it's very special. As well as being a celebration, Reconciliation Week marks some really important dates in Australia's history. It starts on the 27th of May, which is the anniversary of the Referendum. When 90 percent of Aussies voted to change the constitution to make sure Indigenous people were counted as Australian citizens.

It ends on the 3rd of June, also known as Mabo Day. It marks the day, Meriam man, Eddie Mabo successfully convinced the High Court of Australia that Indigenous people had rights to land their ancestors had lived on for 's of years. But despite the steps forward many say we still have work to do to bring about equality and justice for all Australians. That's why Reconciliation Week is an important time to come together to listen and learn from each other. LILY: Reconciliation is about building community awareness and recognition of how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were treated during colonisation.

It is an ongoing journey that reminds us all about how the Aboriginal people had to fight hard for a meaningful way in how they were treated. Students will explore ways they can celebrate Reconciliation Week in their school. We meet some kids who speak to their grandma about what the bridge walk meant for her as an Indigenous Australian.

During this time, support for reconciliation has steadily grown, with stronger awareness of the complexity and magnitude of First Nations cultures and knowledges. Today, Australians better understand and acknowledge the harsh impact that colonisation has had on First Nations families, communities, and ways of life. In , reconciliation is more than just raising awareness and knowledge.