Reconciliation Place
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Reconciliation Place is a section of parkland in Canberra, Australia, established in 2001 as a monument to reconciliation between Australia’s Indigenous people and the settler population. It is located near the High Court of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia.
The chief design feature of Reconciliation Place is a series of public artworks displaying images and text that express reconciliation themes including:
- A welcome to Ngunnawal country - an acknowledgment of the traditional owners of the land on which Reconciliation Place is being built
- The 1967 referendum that amended the Australian constitution to allow the Commonwealth Government to legislate on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues
- The recognition of native title rights which found that native title to land was part of Australia's common law
- The contribution Indigenous people have made, and continue to make, to Australia in sport and in the defence of our nation
- Indigenous leadership, depicting two great leaders — Neville Bonner and Vincent Lingiari and
- The past practice of separating Indigenous children from their families.
Reconciliation Place is intended evolve over time with the addition of new artworks.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Australian reconciliation. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia). Retrieved on November 4, 2006.
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