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Reconcilliation Movement

By mattmorby

  • Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

    Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
    • It was established on the 2nd of September in 1991 when the Aboriginal council ACT in 1991 received the Royal Assent. • First members were appointment on the 15th of December 1991. • They were prominent Australians drawn from Aboriginals , Torres Straight Islanders and wider communities.

  • Red Fern Address

    Red Fern Address
    • The Redfern Park Speech was made on 10 December 1992 by the Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating at Redfern Park in Redfern, New South Wales. The speech dealt with the challenges faced by Indigenous Australians.
    • Two years before his ground-breaking Redfern speech Keating introduced, with bipartisan political support, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991 into the Australian Parliament and the formal process of reconciliation was established as official Australian Government

  • Bringing them home report

    Bringing them home report
    • 26th of May 1997 was the day of the National Inquiry in the Separation of the Aboriginal and Torres Straight children being removed from the their families. A complete analysis of the history of the forced removal of the Stolen Generations between the late 1800's-1970's

  • The Sea of Hands

    The Sea of Hands
    • The first Sea of Hands was held on the 12th October 1997, in Canberra outside Parliament house. • Over 300,000 Australians have signed their names on over 120,000 plastic hands • The hands symbolise community support for reconciliation, rights and respect • The Sea of Hands has since become a symbol of the people's movement for Reconciliation

  • Corroboree

    Corroboree
    • Corroboree 2000 Sharing our Future is the theme for National Reconciliation Week . • May 27 marks the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum in which over 90 percent of Australians voted to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal people. • A national event sharing the week’s name Corroboree and theme, are held on the first two days of National Reconciliation Week in Sydney.

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk

    Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk
    • On May 28, 2000 more than 300,000 people walked across the Sydney harbour Bridge in support of reconciliation