Activity Cards

Task Card 1 Task Card 2 The reconciliation movement began Many Australians have participated in with an effort by Australians to the Sea of Hands, a national public art acknowledge the wrongs done to us, installation initiated by Australians for to promise that such actions would Native Title and Reconciliation never be repeated, and to adopt (AnTaR) where people sign a hand- measures to repair the pain and loss shaped sign to reflect their we have experienced. National commitment to justice for Indigenous

Reconciliation Week takes place every Australian peoples, and it has

year in May and provides an travelled the country.

opportunity for all Australians to learn Use the visual motif of HANDS to

about our histories, cultures and dramatise the reconciliation

achievements. Organisations, schools movement’s public events involving and individuals are encouraged to the Sea of Hands. Think about how organise events that celebrate and you might convey the idea of many promote respectful relationships hands to present the way that the between non-Indigenous and Sea of Hands looks as a large Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander installation. peoples.

Use the visual motif of FLAGS to dramatise the involvement of all Australians in the reconciliation

movement in Australia. Think about Task Card 4

the movements and actions involved NAIDOC Week is about every Australian in using flags. celebrating the First Australians, the

oldest surviving cultures in the world. It

was first launched to draw attention to our poor living conditions and our lack of citizenship rights. The organising Task Card 3 committee’s name is the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Each year many Australians come Observance Committee (NAIDOC). together to walk for reconciliation. The NAIDOC Week in the first week of July event began in 2000 when hundreds of celebrates the history, culture and thousands of people showed their achievements of Aboriginal and Torres support for reconciliation by taking part Strait Islander peoples. Awards are in walks across Melbourne’s Princes given to people who have been Bridge, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and in outstanding in areas such as sport and other places around Australia. In some the arts, or in community. cities, the Bridge Walk has become a strong symbol for National Sorry Day Use the sound motif of CLAPPING to when Australian’s come together to dramatise the hosting of NAIDOC acknowledge the trauma and loss faced Week activities in Australia. Think by the Stolen Generations. about the ways in which you can use the sound of applause to represent the Using body movements think about idea of celebration. how people come together to remember and to say sorry.