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2014-16 Sydney Opera House Reconciliation Action Plan THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014–2016 FROM THE CEO FROM RECONCILIATION AUSTRALIA I am pleased to present the Opera House’s third Reconciliation Action Plan Reconciliation Australia congratulates Sydney Opera House on the release of (RAP), a three-year strategic plan that provides real opportunities for its third Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As the first performing arts centre in the country to establish a RAP, I commend This document builds on two previous one-year RAPs, which helped us identify the many staff, trustees, performers and patrons who have supported this the areas in which our efforts have the greatest effect, such as education, initiative over recent years. By recommitting to the program, Sydney Opera employment and training, programming and broader cultural awareness. House is demonstrating just how good intentions can be turned into mutually As a result of that process, we can now sharpen our focus and make those beneficial actions—actions that align to core business objectives and reach the programs part of our core business. broader community. This RAP includes tangible targets and a clear path to success. It is also timely Through its ongoing commitments to Indigenous programming, and in a year that marks the bicentenary of the death of Woollarawarre Bennelong, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, the Opera House is a member of the Wangal clan who gave Bennelong Point site its name and is providing opportunities for the wider Australian population to engage with, regarded by many as Australia’s first diplomat. and learn about, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and stories. As an international performing arts centre and one of the most recognisable symbols of Australia, the Opera House has a clear leadership responsibility in The outstanding support Sydney Opera House shows for the Message Sticks relation to reconciliation. Festival and the annual Deadly Awards, as well as integrating Indigenous themes and content into broader activities such as the Festival of Dangerous This three-year program of strategies and activities is an important step in Ideas, has seen these events continue to expand and develop. living up to that responsibility. These commitments, along with Sydney Opera House’s focus on providing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with pathways to career opportunities in the arts will ensure that we continue to enjoy and celebrate the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to the cultural life of Australia. On behalf of Reconciliation Australia, I wish you well as you embark on the next LOUISE HERRON AM stage of your next RAP journey. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LEAH ARMSTRONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RECONCILIATION AUSTRALIA Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this document may contain images of deceased persons. THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 2 THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 3 Our Mission Our Values The Opera House embodies COLLABORATION beauty, inspiration and the We will work together with a liberating power of art and shared purpose and vision. ideas. It is a masterpiece that belongs to all Australians. COMMUNITY We will be generous of spirit Our mission is two-fold: and welcoming. – We will treasure and renew FOCUS Sydney Opera House for We will not deviate from future generations of artists, our mission and learn from audiences and visitors. experience. – Everything we do will engage and inspire people through CREATIVITY its excellence, ambition and We will work with imagination. breadth. We will strengthen SAFETY our central role in Australia’s Underlying everything we do is life and identity. our commitment to work safely. THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 4 THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 5 Our Vision for Reconciliation The Opera House’s vision for reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians is a firm commitment to embrace, engender respect for, and celebrate the culture of our First Peoples, with the nation. OUR BUSINESS The Opera House is a National and – Protecting, maintaining and The Opera House is also an online World Heritage listed international developing the building as a portal for performances, education, performing arts centre, visitor performing arts centre. ideas and discussion, reaching precinct and meeting place. It audiences and communities – Promoting artistic taste sits on the traditional lands of the nationally and internationally and achievement. Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, through an innovative program of on Bennelong Point. An estimated – Encouraging innovation in the arts. digital experiences. 8.2m people visit our site, some 1,808 The Opera House provides a variety Our people have a wide variety of live performances are presented to Murray Wo from Torres Strait Torres from Wo Murray of experiences that entertain, engage skills and knowledge, working across over 1.4m people, and over 300,000 and inspire audiences locally, performing arts, theatre technical, people take a tour of the building and nationally and internationally. We tourism and commercial, building, precinct each year. present the work of Australia’s key marketing, communications and The Opera House is operated arts organisations, our resident corporate functions. The Opera WANTOK: Sing Sing Sing Sing WANTOK: and maintained on behalf of the companies, produce and present House has approximately 844 staff Government and people of NSW by our own programs and are a (514 FTE), including 11 Aboriginal and the Sydney Opera House Trust and venue-for-hire for top Torres Strait Islander identified staff.1 is constituted as a body corporate commercial presenters. under the Sydney Opera House Trust 1 As at 30 April 2013. Sydney Opera House Act 1961, which charges us with: Workforce Profile and FTE Statistics. [image] Message Sticks 2013, Sticks Message [image] THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 6 THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 7 , Ilbijerry Theatre Company, Photo Dan Boud. Photo Company, Theatre , Ilbijerry – We developed a pilot tour of Coranderrk BUILDING CULTURAL the Opera House site to mark RELATIONSHIPS AWARENESS the anniversary of the death – The appointment of Rhoda – NAIDOC Week 2012 featured of Woollarawarre Bennelong Roberts as Head of Indigenous cultural awareness sessions for on 3 January 2013. The tour Programming in 2012 has been staff presented by the Opera commemorating Bennelong’s life critical to the achievements of House’s Head of Indigenous focuses on his story and the clan the RAP Working Group. rhoda’s Programming Rhoda Roberts, traditions and customary lore connections with the Aboriginal Shane Phillips from Tribal Warrior associated with Bennelong Point. and arts communities have been and Clarence Slockee from the The tour was pieced together with a valuable source of guidance Royal Botanic Gardens. The settlers’ accounts from the time, and advice. play Coranderrk: We Will Show oral history and the assistance the Country, by Ilbijerri Theatre of historian, Keith Vincent Smith. – Our Message Sticks Aboriginal and Company, was also programmed The tour was delivered to staff Torres Strait Islander arts festival in the Playhouse across NAIDOC on the anniversary date and was travelled up to The Glasshouse week. Members of the local rolled out to the public as part of Arts Centre in Port Macquarie in Aboriginal community were Message Sticks Festival 2013. The April 2013 with great success. All invited to attend the performance tour is now being considered for performances sold out and Opera followed by a free BBQ with Opera further delivery throughout the house staff received lots of positive House staff on 1 July 2012. year, particularly for NAIDOC week feedback about the importance celebrations and during the Sydney of bringing high quality Aboriginal based Corroborree celebrations. and Torres Strait Islander arts experiences to the regions. – In November 2012 the Opera House (TSI), Norman ‘gozi’ Waraka Peters, Photo Prudence Upton. Schools Based Traineeship, Photo Susannah Wimberley. Wimberley. Susannah Photo Traineeship, Schools Based Upton. Prudence Photo Peters, Waraka ‘gozi’ (TSI), Norman piloted an Indigenous Perspectives Workshop to assist Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers develop Kiris An Taran skills and confidence in teaching Aboriginal perspectives. [images L–r] [images L–r] Our Achievements 2012 - 2013 THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 8 THE OPERA HOUSE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 9 DEVELOPING PROVIDING – In 2012 the Opera House signed up to the Australian Employment RESPECt OPPORTUNITIES Covenant to assist with reaching – This year the Opera House – Message Sticks Festival 2013, our employment goal of 2% produced its Aboriginal and the Opera House’s annual event Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Torres Strait Islander Protocols, celebrating the arts and culture staff. The Employment Covenant providing advice on culturally of the Australia’s First Peoples, will work with us and provide respectful behaviours and guiding took place from 18-24 March support and connections to staff on the appropriate use 2013 and was attended by an assist us in increasing Aboriginal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait estimated 14,610 people. The and Torres Strait Islander Islander cultural material. The festival
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