Reconciliation - 1770 to now
Reconciliation Week special event
Explore significant moments of reconciliation in Australia's history and connect examples of reconciliation in the past with the present and future.
During this session students will:
- Learn the story of reconciliation between Guugu Yimithirr people and James Cook's Endeavour voyagers at Reconciliation Rocks in 1770;
- Explore the conflict between the Wik people and Dutch crew of the Duyfken in 1606 and discover how reconciliation was practiced 400 years later;
- Discuss what reconciliation looks like today and how we can all work towards reconciliation together.
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