Reconciliation - 1770 to now

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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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