Reconciliation Week at QUT


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“…Much of the problem is that we don’t know each other, so we think in stereotypes rather than in realities…” (National Sorry Day Committee)

Each year QUT staff and students are invited to participate in Reconciliation Week activities. The University, the QUT Student Guild and community organisations such as ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) conduct a range of activities.

Awareness-raising activities will be held across QUT. These will include speakers, information stalls, entertainment and more. All students and staff are encouraged to come and join in the activities.

Participate
Join in
Plant a hand
Sign a petition

Get
involved:
join a group
donate
rally
vote

Learn:
referendum
stolen wages
native title
stolen generations

What can you do throughout the year?

1. Show your support and join in QUT Reconciliation Week activities 27 May - 3 June. See what happened in Reconciliation Week 2011

2. Find out more about Indigenous Australian history and issues.

Browse through the selected articles, movies, books and radio programs in
Owning our history, moving forward – resources at a glance
or find out about these issues below:

3. Find an organisation in your community

There are lots of organisations working for Reconciliation:

About Reconciliation Week

27 May - 3 June

National Reconciliation Week offers all Australians the opportunity to express their commitment to reconciliation and to get involved in reconciliation activities in the community.

Reconciliation Week is framed by two important dates. May 27 is the anniversary of the 1967 referendum giving the Commonwealth Government powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. June 3 is the anniversary of the High Court's 1992 decision in the Mabo case recognising the native title rights of Australia's Indigenous peoples. Another important date is May 26 - National Sorry Day. The first national Sorry Day was held on May 26, 1998 one year after the release one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home which was the result of an inquiry into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.