National Reconciliation Week 2006 
Me. You. Us together - May 27-June 3

Tanya Singer-Ducasse painting our Reconciliation painting

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Calendar of  Events for South Australia 2006

Summary of Events - click for more details

May 26 - SORRY DAY - A NATIONAL DAY OF HEALING
                 journey of healing

May 26 -  RECONCILIATION YOUTH DISCO
                 kumangka aboriginal youth service

May 27 -  RECONCILIATION WEEK HUB
                 south australian museum

May 27-  THE ABORIGINAL FLAG & THE BOOMERANG
                 south australian museum

May 27-  INDIGENOUS WORKS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
                COLLECTIONS
                university of adelaide

May 27   ABORIGINAL FOOD AND PLANT TRAIL
                adelaide botanic gardens / tauondi college

May 22-28 COLLIDING WORLDS
                    national aboriginal cultural institute – tandanya

May 27   CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL 
                RECONCILIATION COMMUNITY BBQ
                 campbelltown city council

May 27   SOMETHING ON SATURDAYS
                Reconciliation: Me. You. Us Together
                adelaide festival centre

May 28  SUNDAY FUNDAYS – INDIGENOUS CULTURAL PERFORMANCE
               adelaide city council library / adelaide botanic gardens / south 
               australianmuseum / art gallery of south australia / ayers house /
               migration museum /state library

May 28   WEAVING CULTURES, WIEVING COMMUNITIES ‘NGADLUKO  
                 TAINKYEDLI MUDINNA TAIKURRINGGA’
                gallery m / living kaurna cultural centre

May 29 - 2 June 1. WHOSE HISTORY? / 2. IMPACT OF EUROPEAN
                              SETTLEMENT ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES’ OF SA
                              migration museum

May 29  RECONCILIATION HANDSHAKE CEREMONY & BBQ LUNCH
                university of adelaide

May 29  ABORIGINAL AGED & DISABLED SERVICES COLLABORATION
               metropolitan domiciliary care / options coordination / aboriginal
               home care

May 30  SISTERGIRLS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
               feast festival / gay men’s health / first queers

May 31 TAKE THE NEXT STEP
              northern metropolitan regional reconciliation group

May 31 US TOGETHER: CULTURAL PERFORMANCE
              south australian museum / department of education and 
             children’s services

May 31 CULTURAL CONVERSATION: RECONCILIATION AND THE ARTS
              university of adelaide

May 31 A RECONCILIATION SERVICE
              aboriginal catholic ministry

June 1  MARNI NA BUDNI (BE OUR GUEST)
               3E

June 1  WORKSHOPS @ THE HUB
               carclew youth arts centre

June 2  RECONCILIATION WEEK COMMUNITY BBQ
               aboriginal legal rights movement / native title / adelaide city
               council /department of environment and heritage

June 3  RECONCILIATION YOUTH AMBASSADORS’ BALL
               salisbury high school / reconciliation south australia

June 4  CONVERSATIONS: ME. YOU. US TOGETHER
               university of south australia / antar sa

SORRY DAY – A NATIONAL DAY OF HEALING 
journey of healing
Tents will be erected around the fountain representing the Missions and homes in South Australia. There will be a free BBQ, dancing & music, hand-outs and posters/project information on these places and issues relating to the stolen generations will be available for school students and the general public.

VICTORIA SQUARE / TARNDANYANGGA
26 May, 10am – 5pm
FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Brain Varcoe 0405 213 156

This popular disco is an annual highlight for Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people under 18 and their families. Come and party with loads of entertainment including DJs, break dancing and deadly cultural performances. Grab a bite, grab some resources,and dance into the evening.

Location: Otherway Centre 185 Pirie St, Adelaide
Date: 26 May, 6.30pm – 11pm

Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Rangi Timothy / Margy Jackson 8340 4499

kumangka@senet.com.au
Website: www.beanbag.net/kumangka

RECONCILIATION WEEK HUB
south australian museum

Visit the Reconciliation Week 2006 HUB at the South Australian Museum – thereis something to do here every day of the week. Visit exhibition highlights from the collection including items on loan and new exhibitions. Bring the young to a cultural performance by Stevie Goldsmith and attend workshops created byCarclew Youth Arts Centre handprints artists.

Location: South Australian Museum North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 27 May – 3 June, 10am – 5pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required for exhibitions,
bookings essential for schools and workshops

Contact: 8207 7429

A focus on the design of the Aboriginal flag, its creator Harold Thomas,accompanied with song by Buck McKenzie and short documentary film byLee-Ann Buckskin and Lea Gardan. Also visit the Boomerang that Adelaide-born astronaut Andy Thomas took into space and learn about the many contributions

David Uniapon made as an inventor.
Location: South Australian Museum North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 27 May – 3 June, 10am – 5pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: SA Museum 8207 7500

INDIGENOUS WORKS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE COLLECTIONS
university of adelaide

The University of Adelaide will showcase a selection of works by Indigenous
artists from their visual art collections.

Location: University Of Adelaide Barr Smith Library Foyer
North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 27 May – 3 June, library opening times
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Mirna Heruc 8303 4031 mirna.heruc@adelaide.edu.au

Join the Tauondi guides as they reveal how plants have sustained Aboriginal life
for thousands of years by providing food, shelter, tools, and medicine.

Meet at the gate, Plane Tree Drive. Great for schools!
Location: Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide

Date: 27 May, 10.30am
Cost: $5, no bookings required

Contact: 8222 9311
Website: www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

The Aboriginal people of the Australian Western Desert were among the last Indigenous groups in the world to encounter Europeans. This exhibition examinesthe history and outcomes of this collision of cultures.

Location: National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Tandanya
253 Grenfell St, Adelaide

Date: 22-28 May, 10am – 5pm
Cost: FREE, group bookings essential
Contact: Susie Betts 8224 3200 tandanya@tandanya.com.au

CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL 
RECONCILIATION COMMUNITY BBQ
campbelltown city council

The first Campbelltown City Council’s Reconciliation event will include a free BBQ & Drinks, tents displaying Aboriginal products and information on Aboriginal and Islander history. There will be performances by well known and respected Aboriginal and Islander people throughout the day encouraging a better understanding of what Reconciliation means in our Community. All welcome!

Location: Thordon Park Hamilton Terrace, Paradise
Date: 27 May, 11am – 3pm

Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Mia Fantasia-Copely 0402 063 896 or
Ele Stoddard 8366 9207

Celebrate Reconciliation Week at this FREE DAY for the whole family. StevieGoldsmith and family will get you up and involved in a fantastic performance of traditional songs and rhythms, dancing, story-telling, and of course the incredible sounds of the Didgeridu (Yidaki). Stephanie Gollan will use macaroni in the colours of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Island flags to help you make a Reconciliation necklace or bracelet. Sausage sizzle also provided.

Location: Adelaide Festival Centre – Space Theatre & Foyer
King William Rd, Adelaide

Date: 27 May, Live Show 1pm – 2pm, Kids Corner 1pm – 3pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Adelaide Festival Centre 8216 8600

The North Terrace Boulevard will come alive with traditional and contemporar music and dance of Indigenous Australians. A free and fun afternoon for thewhole family to enjoy.

Location: North Terrace Boulevard North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 28 May, 2pm – 4pm

Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: SA Museum 8207 7575
Website: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com

This is an exhibition of contemporary and traditional artwork by Aboriginal artists. Exhibiting at Gallery M in conjunction with the Kaurna Living Cultural Centre, this is a City of Marion community development project.

Location: Gallery M 287 Diagonal Road, Oaklands Park
Date: 28 May – 18 June, Mon-Fri 11am-4pm,Sat 12-4pm, Sun 1-4pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Julie Pritchard 8377 2904 info@gallerym.net.au

Two programs for school groups with Reconciliation themes at the
Migration Museum - Whose History? (yr 3-10, 90mins) examines how history is constructed and recorded, who is included and who is left out. Impact of European Settlement (yr 5-12, 2hrs) is a powerful and challenging role-play that examines the other side of South Australia’s history.

Location: Migration Museum 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Date: 29 May - 2 June
Cost: Costs vary per student, bookings essential
Contact: Rosa Garcia 8207 7580 rgarcia@oac.sa.edu.au
Website: www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/edu/

RECONCILIATION HANDSHAKE CEREMONY & BBQ LUNCH
university of adelaide

The University of Adelaide commissioned a sculpture by artists Karen Casey and Darryl Cowie to mark its Reconciliation process. The sculpture concept is based on the imprint of a handshake. Prior to the lunch, a ceremonial Reconciliation handshake will be taken by the signatories of the University of Adelaide Reconciliation Statement. Following lunch,community members are invited to “do a handshake” as part of their commitment to Reconciliation. CASM performers will provide music.

Location: Goodman Crescent University Of Adelaide
North Terrace, Adelaide

Date: 29 May, 11.30am – 2pm
Cost: FREE, bookings essential
Contact: Mirna Heruc 8303 4031 mirna.heruc@adelaide.edu.au

ABORIGINAL AGED & DISABLED SERVICES COLLABORATION
metropolitan domiciliary care / options coordination / aboriginal
home care

An event to commemorate the signing of a MoU between MDC, Options Coordination and Aboriginal Home Care, which will enable collaboration in the provision of improved aged and disabled services to the Aboriginal community in SA. Cultural performances by Kaurna Plains children performing and acting traditional Kaurna song and dance. The Hon Jay Weatherill MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and

Ms Shirley Peisley AM, Chair, Reconciliation SA will attend.
Location: South Australian Museum Foyer, North Terrace, Adelaide

Date: 29 May, 3.30pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: David Egege 8277 3366 david.egege@health.sa.gov.au

Launch of “Sistergirls Say Cover Up” campaign, followed by a screening
of SISSY and shows by Kaboobie and Malt Biscuit. SISSY is a rare insight into a sub-culture and explores the bond between the black sisterhood - an expression of gay Indigenous identity. Charlene, Anna Mae and Ella are 3 sistergirls who glam up the nightlife in Perth.

Location: Mercury Cinema 13 Morphett St Adelaide
Date: 30 May, 7pm drinks and nibbles for 7.30pm

Cost: $15 / $12 concession, bookings desirable, tickets at door if available
Contact: FEAST 8231 4322 feast@feast.org.au

TAKE THE NEXT STEP
northern metropolitan regional reconciliation group

This is a celebration to acknowledge the culture and heritage of the Aboriginal people whose land we live on today! Come along and celebrate with us. Includes a free BBQ lunch, performances by Kaurna Plains School, Salisbury East High School Band, and Rappers 5114, youth arts project launch, free health checks, information displays, afternoon tea for elders, and loads of fun for all.

Location: Playford Civic Centre 10 Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth
Date: 31 May, 10am – 4pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Eleanor Berridge 8226 9417 dolan.helen@saugov.sa.gov.au

The South Australian Museum presents a free cultural performance for school
groups by well-known performer Stevie Goldsmith followed by explorations of the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery. Limited places available.

Location: South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 31 May, 11am performance
Cost: FREE, bookings essential
Contact: 8207 7429

The University of Adelaide commissioned a sculpture to mark its Reconciliation
process. Hear speakers discuss the way art can bring people together and mark
Reconciliation endeavours within communities. Speakers: artist Karen Casey andmembers of the University of Adelaide Reconciliation Sculpture Committee.

Location: Ira Raymond Room Barr Smith Library,
University Of Adelaide North Terrace, Adelaide

Date: 31 May, 1pm – 2pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Mirna Heruc 8303 4031 mirna.heruc@adelaide.edu.au

Aboriginal Peoples from the Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and Uniting Churches
are holding a combined Church Service for Reconciliation. The service will
include traditional dance and singing as well as prayer and scripture readings. Everyone is welcome to attend and pray for a deeper spirit of Reconciliation within the Australian Community.

Location: Otherway Centre 185 Pirie St, Adelaide
Date: 31 May, 7.30pm
Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Gaye McMahon 8232 1001 gm@acc.asn.au
or Shirley Peisley 8232 1001 sp@acc.asn.au
Web: http://www.acc.asn.au

MARNI NA BUDNI (BE OUR GUEST)
3E

Modern hi-fi live cabaret with Indigenous and non-Indigenous musical artists and
image makers celebrate Reconciliation Week. Join in the rollicking sounds and dynamic images of Kineman Karma, Baron Burns Band, The Cannelloni Cowboys
and special guests including Carroll Karpany. Bring your friends and let’s dance
together at the Gov.

Location: Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh
Date: 1 June, 8.30pm
Cost: $10
Contact: The Gov 8340 0744

Carclew Handprints artists present visual arts workshops for 6 – 12 year olds at
the South Australian Museum. Come and colour in, draw, hand stencil and weave
as well as have fun in the spirit of reconciliation. Limited spaces available.

Location: South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide
Date: 1 June, 10.30am - noon
Cost: FREE, bookings essential
Contact: 8207 7429

An annual Reconciliation Week collaborative event between the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Native Title and the Department of Environment and Heritage. Set in the lovely Botanic Park, the Community BBQ is a free community event with entertainment, free food, face painting and a bouncy castle for the kids,information displays and much more.

Location: Botanic Park, North Of Botanic Gardens Adelaide
Date: 2 June, 11am – 3pm

Cost: FREE, no bookings required
Contact: Nina Turner 8110 2800

Come and celebrate the spirit of Reconciliation with young Indigenous and
non-Indigenous high school couples. The evening will consist of presentation
to the ambassadors, a three course dinner, lots of live entertainment, and a
range of guest speakers and presenters. If you cannot attend, why not
sponsor a ticket?

Location: Adelaide Convention Centre, North Tce Adelaide
Date: 3 June, 6.30pm
Cost: $75 each, bookings essential
Contact: Cheryl Bermingham 8182 0200

Enjoy an afternoon of relaxed roundtable conversation to refresh and refect
on the Journey of Reconciliation with live music and a BBQ. Conversation
starters are Gerald McBride, Social Economist, University of South Australia;
Glenn Giles, ANTaR SA ; and David Roberts, Head of Unaipon School,

University of South Australia.
Location: Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh

Date: 4 June, 2.15pm – 5pm
Cost: FREE, bookings Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre 8302 0215

Website: www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au

 

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