This artwork is showing the eyes of my best friend Lillian and I as we are both Indigenous girls from different parts of Australia. The artwork shows our connection to each other even though we are from different areas with different landscapes and sceneries. The dots represent us coming together on this island that be both call home and our ancestors have called home for thousands of years. It shows the hard times and light that have come between us throughout our lives. Even though we are different, we are both still connected, no matter what happens, all thanks to this island we call home.
Reconciliation means…
Reconciliation to me is the coming together of First Nations Australians and non-Indigenous Australians to accept what has happened in the past and to close the gap of inequality that is dividing them. It is also the restoration of the friendship and getting rid of the barrier that divides us.
Artist: Ava Muir
Many of these resources and activities have been developed in consultation with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) to ensure that the program meets NSW curriculum outcomes for Stages 3, 4 & 5.
Reconciliation NSW aims to create a reconciled, just and equitable community for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians. We work to inform, support and inspire people to engage in reconciliation.
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Ground Floor 27 Cope St Redfern 2016
