Next week we celebrate Reconciliation Week, below is a quick overview on the how and why of the week. At Holy Trinity all classes will be involved in a range of activities throughout the week. 

Before it all begins we have National Sorry Day on the 26^th May – Celebrated this year on the Sunday at the beginning of Reconciliation Week (with a public holiday in the ACT on the Monday).

National Sorry Day is where we remember the past policies of forced child removal and reflect on the history of the Stolen Generation.

Did you know?

• The first Sorry Daywas held on 26 May 1998—exactly one year after the Bringing Them Home Report was presented to the Parliament.

 Reconciliation Week falls on the same dates every year….

27^th May - 3rd June.

During this time there are two significant events that are celebrated/remembered

Day one of Reconciliation Week:

27^th May (1967) – the Referendum was held and more than 80% of Australian voters said ‘Yes’ to count Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the census and gave the government the power to make laws for the good of those peoples.

Last day of Reconciliation Week:

3^rd June –we remember the Mabo case which ran for 10 years. On the 3^rd June 1992 the High Court of Australia decided that Terra Nullis (empty land) should not have been applied to Australia. Native title was recognised.

God Bless,

Kate Mertz and Mel Punyer