Photographer : Halans @ flickr
– everywhere Buy yourself some chalk and on Wednesday morning when you walk out your door to go to wherever you go – take that short time to make an apology to our native Australians that make up the Stolen Generation.
Leave your fingerprints - gather your friends, classmates, colleagues or family members and paint your hands on a banner.
Play Your Part - Join Silverchair, Powderfinger, John Butler, Missy Higgins, Deborah Conway and Clare Bowditch, go to
http://www.reconcile.org.au/playyourpart/gallery.php and submit your own piece of art. Your work, describing what ‘reconciliation’ means to you, can be a song, poem, blog entry, short story, photo, artwork, short film or animation.
State specific:
ACT
View the Apology - Canberra Parliament House, Parkes, 9:00am
You are invited to view the Apology on screens in the Great Hall or on the lawns outside Parliament House.
BBQ & Entertainment
Federation Mall (out the front of Parliament House), Parkes, 11:30am
You are invited to a BBQ and entertainment at the conclusion of the Apology out the front of Parliament House in Canberra. Featuring Indigenous performers, including country music singer Troy Cassar-Daly and local dancers and bands will entertain the crowd.
Queensland
View the Apology – North Brisbane Zillmere PCYC, 340 Zillmere Rd, Zillmere, 10:00am
Kurbingui Youth Development and Budja Djan invite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the broader community to hear the Apology.
Jagera Arts Centre Lunch
Musgrave Park, South Brisbane 11:45am
Lunch is being held at Musgrave Park with ANTaR in cooperation with Brisbane Community Elders and the Musgrave Park Community Centre.
New South Wales
View the Apology – Sydney CBD Martin Place, Sydney 9:00am Public screening of the Apology. All members of the public are encouraged to attend.
Redfern Community Day
Redfern Community Centre, 29-53 Hugo Street, Redfern, 9:00am – 6:00pm There will be activities open to the public at the Redfern Community Centre.
Victoria
View the Apology – Melbourne CBD Federation Square, Melbourne, 9:00am
Public screening of the Apology. All members of the public are encouraged to attend.
View the Apology - Thornbury Aborigines Advancement League, 2 Watts St, Thornbury, 9:00am
Join the Aborigines Advancement League for breakfast, and morning tea to watch the live broadcast.
South Australia
View the Apology – Adelaide Elder Park, Adelaide, 8:00am Public screening of the Apology on big screen with Indigenous bands and a sausage sizzle.
Tasmania
View the Apology – Hobart Parliament House, Hobart, 8:30am Public screening of the Apology. All members of the public are encouraged to attend. Breakfast is provided.
Western Australia
View the Apology – Perth Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre, 6:30am
Public screening of the Apology. All members of the public are encouraged to attend.
Northern Territory
Parliamentary Motion of Support
Parliament House, Darwin, 10:00am
A parliamentary motion of support for the Apology plus morning tea with members open to the public in the main hall at the conclusion.
*All times are local.
