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The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has recognised the Narragunnawali program for affirming the deep connections between reconciliation and student wellbeing while supporting respectful, inclusive and relational learning environments across Australian schools.

Bangarra Dance Theatre presents Illume as their 2025 national tour. Engaging with First nations performing arts companies, like Bangarra, is a powerful way to continue your reconciliation journey. Learn more about the company and how they connect with communities across the nation.

Be You’s guide, created in collaboration with First Nations educators including members of the Narragunnawali team, provides practical information, reflections, case studies and suggested actions to support educators in creating welcoming, culturally responsive learning communities

First Nations Voices in Education is a brand new Narragunnawali professional learning resource for teachers which shares the stories, experiences and aspirations of five First Nations educational leaders who have fought for change in the Australian education system for many decades.  

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is upon us (27 May to 3 June), and this year’s theme, Bridging Now to Next, calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

This year marks the fifth Narragunnawali Awards and a decade of Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education. The awards recognise schools and early learning services implementing outstanding reconciliation initiatives. Applications for 2025 are now open!

Introducing the newest member of Reconciliation Australia’s Narragunnawali team! PJ is a non-Indigenous teacher librarian with over 30 years experience in education, teaching from early years through to university. Based on Kaurna Country, PJ has been involved in the development of Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) in a variety of educational settings.

Explore how Magabala Books, Australia’s leading First Nations publishing house, supports educators in embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives across curriculum planning. Discover resources like Always Was, Always Will Be by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, and learn how to utilise Narragunnawali resources such as the Curriculum Audits and Evaluating Resources Guide to enrich teaching practices

Register for one of our facilitated online workshops. Designed for teachers, educators, school and service leaders, and RAP Working Group members, these workshops will support you to champion reconciliation in your communities and develop the knowledge, strategies and tools to foster inclusive and culturally responsive learning environments, with a strong emphasis on RAP development. 

RAP Actions provide educators with structured guidance, professional learning and curriculum resources to meaningfully embed reconciliation in schools and early learning services.

In Australia, since 1999, the International for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) has been referred to as Harmony Day – and now Harmony Week . To mark the 60th anniversary of IDERD, the Australian Human Rights Commission have developed a schools’ fact sheet, lesson plan and general info-sheets in multiple languages about the day – which falls on 21 March – to demonstrate how the idea of 'harmony' hides structural and systemic racism.

2024 has been another big year for supporting reconciliation and contributing to positive change. The Narragunnawali team is proud of the meaningful work that schools and early learning services are doing to advance reconciliation across the country. As we approach 2025, we reflect on the year that’s been and prepare for new initiatives within the reconciliation in education community of practice.

The Narragunnawali Evaluating Resources Guide helps educators select respectful, appropriate and accurate resources when teaching about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and histories.

We sat down with Clinton Hayden, a dedicated member of the Narragunnawali team, to discuss his journey as a Wiradjuri-Australian educator, artist and cultural advocate

Magabala Books, with support from Reconciliation Australia, recently released a new book for young readers titled Always Was, Always Will Be by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson.