Session Overview

The session will include an Introduction & Acknowledgment of Country, Aboriginal social history, transgenerational factors and influences on contemporary Aboriginal Australia, pre and post European contact & interaction with Aboriginal society, impacts of Government policies, institutional challenges that have faced Aboriginal Australia, Aboriginal Identity, Stolen Generations.

Lunch, morning and afternoon teas and refreshments provided.

Presenter Biography

Tjimari Sanderson-Milera is a Kokatha, Narungga, Kaurna and Adnyamathanha man. Tjimari grew up in Adelaide and then lived for 3 years on the Gold Coast training and competing in athletics as a high-performance sprinter. He returned to Adelaide in 2020 and developed his own business ‘Kumarninthi’, with the goal to help change people’s mindsets about Aboriginal people and community and learn more about Aboriginal culture.

Growing up Tjimari has always understood the value of giving back to community and the younger generation and Kumarninthi allows him to be able to do just that!

Tjimari also works for the family business, Bookabee Australia, and assists with delivering cultural tours and delivering Aboriginal Cultural Sensitivity & Respect Training.

Tjimari was the 2014 Young South Australian Aboriginal Achiever of the Year, the 2015 NAIDOC Male Sportsperson of the Year and in 2019 and the Port Adelaide Enfield Sportsperson of the Year.

Reconciliation Week – History and significance

Reconciliation Week is held annually from the 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate the successful 1967 referendum in which Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people and include them in the census, and the High Court Mabo decision which acknowledged the traditional rights of the Meriam people to their land, and also decided that native title existed for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples“Working in collaboration with the City of Salisbury is very important to give a better understanding of Kaurna culture and the wider Aboriginal community, building bridges of understanding for Reconciliation.” Frank Wanganeen, Chair RAP Working Group.

Reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-indigenous peoples for the benefit of all Australians. (Reconciliation Australia)

Reconciliation Week is held annually from 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate the successful 1967 referendum in which Australians voted overwhelmingly to amend the Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people and include them in the census; and High Court Mabo decision which acknowledged the traditional rights of the Meriam people to their land, and also decided that native title existed for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme is “Be Brave, Make Change”. This is a challenge to all Australians – individuals, families, communities, organisations and government to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.

Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us an contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

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