Reconciliation Week
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Building a united nation
Community members gathered for the 2025 Sorry Day Commemoration in Victory Park in Castlemaine on Monday. Sorry Day, which is held annually on May 26, is a day of remembrance to acknowledge the pain and injustice experienced by members of the stolen generation, and its lasting impacts. The event included a Welcome to Country and…
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Community gathers to mark Sorry Day
Lisa DennisThe community gathered at Castlemaine Secondary College on Friday for a moving ceremony to mark National Sorry Day. Dja Dja Wurrung elder Aunty Paulette Nelson performed the Welcome to Country before Wadawurrung woman Aunty Kelly Anne Blake shared her personal story of the impacts of the stolen generations and the ramifications it has had…
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Community to gather and reflect
Mount Alexander Shire Council will be recognising Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week with a number of events open to the community. This will begin with a Sorry Day Commemoration to be held at Castlemaine Secondary College in Lawson Parade this Friday May 26 at 10.30am. The morning will include a Welcome to Country and…
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Walk for reconciliation
Chewton Primary School led a community ‘Walk for Reconciliation’ along the Leanganook Walking Track at Chewton last Friday. Inspired by ‘The Long Walk’, students shared teachings they had learned during Reconciliation Week about the importance of listening to and learning from our Indigenous elders, identity, kinship, connection to Country, Sorry Day, Reconciliation and celebrating Aboriginal…