Michaela Meade
Hobsons Bay is marking the 20 year anniversary of Reconciliation Australia with a diverse program of events throughout June.
Reconciliation Australia promotes and facilitates positive relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The council’s events coincide with Reconciliation Week, recognised from May 27 until June 3 each year.
This year’s theme is “more than a word, reconciliation takes action”.
Hobsons Bay mayor Jonathon Marsden said the week was a reminder of how to interact with one another year-round.
“It’s so important that we embrace National Reconciliation Week to participate in truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality and injustice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,” he said.
“National Reconciliation Week provides an opportunity to surround ourselves in the culture of the First Nations who have cared for this country for thousands of generations and to foster an environment where these traditions can continue.
“Let’s all get involved in the event program and grasp the opportunity to expand our knowledge and embrace reconciliation.”
Several events will be running until mid-June, including the stay-at-home Tuesday book club reading of ‘Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse’ by Cassandra Pybus, and ‘A History in Posters’ at the Williamstown Library Gallery and Hobsons Bay Civic Centre foyer wall.
The history in posters event will re-open to the public following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
