Our History, Our Story, Our Future

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) from 27 May to 3 June celebrates and seeks to form meaningful and respectful relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

27 May marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum that gave the Commonwealth the power to develop laws for Aboriginal peoples and to recognise them in the national census.

3 June commemorates the High Court of Australia’s 1992 Mabo decision to legally recognise the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ special relationship with the land. This recognition led to the development of land rights.

All Australians are invited to participate in the reconciliation process.

The theme for NRW 2016 is Our History, Our Story, Our Future.

More information about National Reconciliation Week, including registered events, can be found at http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/.