Homepage last updated: 24 June 2011

This website was established by the ReconciliACTION Network - a network of young people who support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights and reconciliation.

This website includes an Online Education Kit developed by members of ReconciliACTIONnsw, which you can find on the sidebar to the right, information about how young people can get actively involved in reconciliation, and details about the Freedom Ride - 40 years on documentary.

‘Freedom Rides - 40 years on’ distributed across NSW - screenings planned

The mailout of copies of ‘Freedom Rides - 40 years on’ to Aboriginal and community groups continued in May and June, with more than 300 copies sent out so far. For more information and details about the documentary see the ‘Freedom Ride‘ page of this website.

A number of groups have organised free public screenings of the documentary, including at 6pm, 4 July 2011, at the National Film and Sound Archive Arc Cinema in Canberra (for more details contact ANTaR ACT on 6125 0648) and on 7pm, 21 June 2011, at the Community Centre, 164 Longueville Rd Land Cove (for more details contact Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation on 9428 1197).

If you are connected with a school, library, community, reconciliation or Aboriginal groups you can order a free copy of the resource at sylvie@reconciliaction.org.au or by calling Sylvie on 0403 977 213. Please include details in the email about the number of copies you are requesting, your group and your mailing address.

Please also note that the publication of this resource is being managed by a small number of volunteers, and has been funded by small grants which have now been spent. If groups are able, we encourage them to think about buying a copy of ‘Freedom Rides – 40 years on’ resource for $25 including GST from Australians for Native Title and ReconciliACTION (ANTaR). All funds raised from selling copies help us support other important reconciliation projects!

Main photo on cover of ‘Freedom Ride - 40 years on’ resource: Uncle Max Eulo performs smoking ceremony at 2005 Freedom Ride 2005 launch, University of Sydney. Photo courtesy of Brian Rapsey. Design by SevDesign.

ReconciliACTION and its members acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands that make up Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Please be advised that this website and other publications featured on this site may contain references or images of Indigenous people who have died. This material may be offensive to some Indigenous people.

Hands photo: Photographer Naomi Moran.

New content for Online Education Kit 

In 2010 and 2011 the information pages on this site are being progressively updated. Most recent updates:

• May 2011 - Stolen Generations
• May 2011 - Freedom Ride
• May 2011 - Protocols
• January 2011 - New links and Resource Reviews on the Land Rights and Native Title

Check new content out from the links on the right hand side of this page.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER? There are lots of great reconciliation projects happening across Australia. To find out what’s happening in your area or to volunteer you can contact Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) or visit the website of Reconciliation Australia for details of reconciliation groups in each State and Territory, including the NSW Reconciliation Council.

WANT TO START YOUR OWN PROJECT? This site contains resources that you can use to learn more about Reconciliation and Indigenous rights (see the Online Education Kit), as well as some ideas of different projects which the young people in ReconciliACTION organised between 2002 and 2008.

Check out the About Us page for information about ReconciliACTION’s past projects and the Getting Active section of the Online Education Kit for tips and advice to help your local project including fundraising, how to run an event & how to organise media.  

Disclaimer: Please note that this site is linked to many resources which have been developed by other organisations. ReconciliACTION does not endorse content of external links published on this site. ReconciliACTION in not the copyright holder of most resources reviewed and linked to this website.

Help us get it right: Please report broken links and inappropriate links to recon@reconciliaction.org.au.

Tags: Aboriginal, activism, Indigenous, Reconciliation, Youth