Welcome to 2025. We start the year reflecting on 26 January. Organisers of events will encourage celebration of the nation…
Update 17/9/2024. Now available, summary scorecards on one page – links below. Update 15/10/2024. Added a scorecard based on the…
Kioloa May 24-26 2024 Report by Janet Hunt ANTAR ACT has for some years supported the decades-long struggle of Indigenous fishers…
Reminder: our annual David Hunter Memorial Lecture is coming up soon, on Tuesday 5 March. The theme is ACT-ION: ACT for Indigenous…
Update 14/2/2024: Apologies to anyone who tried to register for our lecture and found it didn’t work – there was…
Statement from ANTaR ACT: we why are supporting Yes ANTaR ACT members have long been advocating for justice, rights and…
We’ve been busy campaigning in our local communities. This newsletter includes updates on the campaign, as well as other interesting…
As the the Voice campaign gains momentum, we prepare to celebrate NAIDOC week (Sunday 2 July to Sunday 9 July).…
On Saturday 14 October 2023, Australians will vote in a referendum on constitutional recognition through an Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
By Rev Dr Jeanette Mathews It is with sorrow that ANTaR ACT acknowledges the passing of respected Ngunnawal elder Aunty…
Violence against First Nation women is rooted in historic and unequal patriarchal power structures, racism, exclusion and marginalisation, enabled by…
ANTaR ACT welcomes the ACT Government’s commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 but shares the concerns…
There’s a lot going on right now. But let’s not forget about Closing the Gap Article written by ANTaR ACT…
Hi everyone Thinking of all those in our community at this time, during lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19…
Following the NAIDOC 2021 theme – Heal Country, Heal Our Nation – our speakers will explore connection to Country and…
Hi Everyone So many wonderful events held during Reconciliation Week 2021 with a special highlight being the ACT public holiday…
More Than a Word – Reconciliation Takes Action. See Newsletter 2/2021 for events in ACT
Hi everyone, There’s a lot planned to occur during Reconciliation Week 2021. The theme for this year’s Week is More…
1. Black Hands to Commemorate Deaths in Custody over last 30 yearsThe Aboriginal Tent Embassy and ANTaR ACT mounted a…
On 26 January, people will be meeting at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at 10:00am to walk to Parliament House. The…
Guest Speaker: Tony McAvoy, SC When: Thursday 27th August Time: 6pm for a 6.15pm start and will conclude before 8pm…
This was my first time at the march and I was glad I went. Participants and the overall crowd were…
Another early bulletin to give you plenty of time to plan for NAIDOC week in July! Also, some exciting news…
The South-east Australia Aboriginal Fire Forum was held over three days last month in Canberra, where 130 people gathered to…
The focus on Australia’s history in April and early May with events such as the Frontier Wars March reminds us…
Janet Hunt and other ANTaR ACT members joined the annual Frontier Wars March on ANZAC day this year. This march,…
Lots of music in February, so this bulletin includes links to two very different musical acts. We are also very…
We are living on land where people flourished for tens of thousands of years before European settlement. While there is…
There are lots of interesting lectures coming up, at AIATSIS, Uni of Canberra, ANU, CORE, as well as the annual…
2015 David Hunter Memorial Lecture ANTaR ACT is very pleased that Stan Grant will give the 2015 David Hunter Memorial…
Rod Little is a current Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples and a former chairperson of the…
ANTaR ACT has a collection of ‘hands’ in six colours, which are suitable to prompt discussion of reconciliation and recognition.…
6pm for 6.15pm: Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Street, Barton ANTaR ACT invites you to attend the…
6-7pm: Lounge Bar, Level 3, Uni Pub, 17 London Circuit The Australia Institute, in cooperation with Oxfam and ANTaR ACT,…
6pm: Manning Clark House, 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest Please join ANTaR ACT for the screening of a series of short…
11am-2pm: The Smith Family Office, Crn Launceston and Easty Streets, Woden This year’s NAIDOC theme will highlight Aboriginal and Torres…
2-4pm: Lena Karmel Lodge Rooftop, 26 Barry Drive The ACT Greens are hosting a National Reconciliation Week afternoon tea. The…
10.45am: meet at Regatta Point; walk starts at 11am at base of Commonwealth Avenue bridge Welcome to Country by Aunty…
6-7.15pm, Civic Library (entry at rear) All welcome. Enquiries to Peter: 0417 197 382.
Assembling from 11am outside West Block, Anzac Parade This is an Aboriginal led march which joins on the end of…
‘Kindling the Peace Fire’ – from 5.30pm on Friday 24 April on top of Mt Ainslie: Meeting at the top…
10.30am-12.30pm and 2-4pm for ages 7-12 Internationally acclaimed Indigenous artist, Christopher Pease, leads a painting workshop inspired by his current…
12.45pm, ATSI Urban Gallery, National Gallery of Australia FREE entry / no bookings required Christopher Pease’s paintings are currently on…
1-4.30pm, National Museum of Australia, Visions Theatre Bookings essential: rememberingyayayi.eventbrite.com.au ‘Remembering Yayayi’ is a documentary that weaves together contemporary interviews…
12.30-2.00pm, Hanna Neumann Building, Room G058 (near Degree Café and Manning Clark Centre), Australian National University Researchers from ANU are…
Assemble at Tent Embassy at 11.30am for a 12.00pm march to Parliament Speakers from 12.30-2.00pm Kimberley Aboriginal communities have declared…
January Over long weekend of 26 January: rallies and discussion at the Tent Embassy February 5 February: Just Reinvest –…
The 2015 David Hunter Memorial Lecture focussed on ‘countering racism in the media’ and was delivered by Stan Grant, a…
In 2014, the lecture focused on the power of writing for advancing reconciliation and expressing identity. Miles Franklin Award nominee…
2013 was Canberra’s centenary year, and the 10th David Hunter Memorial Lecture held on 12 November contributed to the centenary…