Join us to participate in National Reconciliation Week
We invite you to take part in Reconciliation Australia’s National Acknowledgement of Country to show respect for the traditional custodians of the Country on which we live, work and learn here in the Tweed, the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation.
By posting your acknowledgement of Country on social media at 9:00am on Thursday 27 May, you will join voices across the nation to strengthen respectful relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
“This small action will help to raise awareness of the histories and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People,” says Tracey Stinson, Director Sustainable Communities and Environment at Tweed Shire Council.
“Acknowledging Country shows you accept and understand that no matter where you are across the Tweed, you are on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lands and you acknowledge that important, ongoing connection to Country.”
Tweed Shire Council suggests the following wording:
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This National Reconciliation Week, I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which I stand. I acknowledge the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation and pay my respects to Elders past and present. #Bundjalungcountry #MoreThanAWord #NRW2021 |
2021 marks almost three decades of Australia’s formal reconciliation process. The National Reconciliation Week theme for 2021 is More than a word. Reconciliation takes action.
“Tweed Shire Council launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan in 2018 and since then has taken a range of actions to acknowledge and recognise the Tweed’s local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.”
• Council adopted the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan in an effort to acknowledge, respect and improve understanding and protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Tweed.
• The award winning Land | Life | Culture display at Tweed Regional Museum features important Indigenous cultural knowledge associated with key locations around the Tweed that was generously contributed by members of the local Aboriginal community.
• Over 200 Tweed Shire Council staff have completed Cultural Intelligence Training with local indigenous business, Banaam.
“We are really proud of what we have achieved so far, but we still have a long way to go. We look forward to working closely with our Aboriginal Advisory Committee to continue taking action that contributes positively to reconciliation in the Tweed”.
More information
The National Acknowledgement of Country nrw.reconciliation.org.au/
Tweed Shire Council www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ATSI
