National Reconciliation Week 2025

We're celebrating National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June with free and low-cost community events.

This year’s theme is 'Bridging Now to Next'. It reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future and calls on all Australians to step forward together, guided by past lessons, in our collective journey of reconciliation.

We’re taking action locally to create a welcoming community. We continue to strengthen our relationships and deepen our connections with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and peoples. Find out more about Reconciliation Week at the Reconciliation Australia website.

Documentary screening on National Sorry Day

We recognise National Sorry Day on 26 May. It’s a day to pause and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities. We now know them as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

This year, we’re holding a documentary screening of Servant or Slave at Lido Cinemas on Monday 26 May. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with representatives from Connecting Home, a dedicated, culturally safe support service for the Stolen Generations across south-eastern Australia. 

Bookings are now open, visit the documentary screening event page to secure your spot. 

For more information about National Sorry Day, visit the Healing Foundation website. 

Reconciliation Week events

Join us at these free and low-cost community events – select the tiles below for more details and to register.

• Reconciliation Week Yarning Circle at Camberwell Library at 7 pm on Tuesday 27 May.
• 'Lipwurrunga' community exhibition and events at Town Hall Gallery. The exhibition features paintings, traditional wood carvings and didgeridoos by artist Les Huddleston. Enjoy a special performance by Les Huddleston and Inventi Ensemble on 28 May or book a sound healing session on 31 May.  You can also attend the 'Lipwurrunga' exhibition opening on 10 May.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural guidelines workshop for volunteers and volunteer leaders on Monday 2 June, delivered by Oonah Aboriginal Health and Community Services.

In Boroondara

National Reconciliation Week is a good time to:

• build your knowledge of the ancestors of the Wurundjeri people at the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation website.
• visit places of cultural significance in Boroondara.
• connect to Country with a guided audio mindfulness walk at Maranoa Botanic Gardens. Visit the Walking Maps website for directions.