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Reconciliation Queensland is committed to education as an essential
element in developing socially just and respectful relationships
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders.
As reconciliation advocates our members are committed to working with
schools, teachers, parents and community members in a variety of local,
regional and state focused activities.
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Reconciliation Queensland can offer your school:
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A diverse range of support, programs, resources and speakers including:
- Speakers and resources in relation to key events in the reconciliation calendar such as: Sorry Day, Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC Week, and Mabo Day
- Links to a speaker or workshop (when available) on Reconciliation Issues
- Contacts of consultants and Indigenous educators who can assist in providing workshops and hosting events
- Resources and ideas for action-orientated and life long learning experiences
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In Schools across Queensland Reconciliation activities have been
creating a new way of developing sustainable partnerships between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders.
Activities in schools are localised and target students from a variety
of ages. Some projects are established through community and school
partnerships, whilst others are developed through the initiative of
students and teachers. Some include the establishment of memorial
gardens and learnscapes, developing collaborative murals and public
art, organising events and guest speakers, developing committees or
school based reconciliation groups, teachers working on embedding
Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum and many other projects.
Some key annual events that you as a reconciliation supporter might support your local school include:
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day Observance Week (NAIDOC Week)
- Mabo Day
- Coming of the Light Celebrations
- World Indigenous Peoples day
- Harmony Day
To find out more about these events please go to the Events page of this site.
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Queensland Government: Indigenous Education, Training and the Arts
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The Division publishes a monthly newsletter to update stakeholders
about events, activities and issues that impact on Indigenous
Queenslanders in the areas of education, training and arts.
To view current and past newletters go to http://deta.qld.gov.au/indigenous/
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Putting the apology into action |
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My name is Liz Connor (Knox) and I am a Senior Aboriginal woman
belonging to the Euhalayi and Kamilaroi people of SW Qld and Northern
NSW. My father is Ted Knox and my mother is Lulu Simpson. Our tribal
totem is the emu. The Gumilaroi are river people and I am river
dreaming. My people live all along the great river system known as the
Murray-Darling.
At Ipswich State High School where I currently teach, we have built an
Aboriginal heritage trail as a place for students to learn about
Indigenous history and culture. We are healing the environment by
planting trees and by restoring the natural waterways, and have won
numerous awards for this work.
My own spiritual concept is called Rainbow Serpent River Dreaming and
the concept is about healing our sacred lands and waterways by
following the journeys of our Creator and Ancestral Spirits and linking
up the country of each traditional Aboriginal language group. Then we
would have a network of healing throughout the entire continent and
islands.
I teach about the Supreme Creator Byamee and the Rainbow Serpent
through stories and songs. I also create mandalas and other craft work
to promote my spiritual concept as well as conduct story circles and
song circles.
My spiritual concept also includes creating murals to commemorate the
national apology to the stolen generations. The murals will feature the
Rainbow Serpent to link together Aboriginal nations and
have the words “Learn about the past. Heal the present. Embrace
the future.” The word SORRY should feature prominently. Each mural will
reflect the traditional country where the mural is drawn. The
permission of the traditional custodians of each area must be obtained
before the mural is drawn.
This is one idea to begin to put the apology into action. For more
information please contact Liz Connor at Ipswich High School 0738134488.
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Learn online and share pride in Australia's Indigenous cultures |
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Developed to meet the huge, post-apology demand for information
about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their history and
cultures, Reconciliation Australia has developed a
ground-breaking, new resource for workplaces, schools and individual Australians.
Share Our Pride is a cultural
awareness website which brings together facts and figures, answers to
common questions and lots of inspiring stories to help build
respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australians. The site was developed with funding from the Westpac
Foundation and Coles Group Community Fund and is now available
free of charge to schools, public and private sector organisations and
individuals wanting to understand more about the special place of
Australia’s first peoples.
To find out more go to the Reconciliation Australia page of this site.
To use the site, all people have to do is go to
www.shareourpride.org.au and
register their name, email address and their organisation once
only.
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© Reconciliation Queensland Incorporated 2008
Images courtesy of RQI, Liz Connor and Tourism Queensland
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