Reconciliation Day Public Holiday, Australia
About Reconciliation Day Festival: Reconciliation Day is a public holiday in Australian Capital territory and was observed in 2018. It is also celebrated with aboriginal culture and promoting of cultural exchange and understanding. The Reconciliation day is a public holiday within Australian capital territory and it also marks the beginning of Australian Capital Territory. The 7 days nationwide observance was first of all held in 1996. The words of Reconciliation Australia and it gives people across Australia with the opportunity also to focus between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The week is dedicated to theme based programs such as Let’s talk recognition(2011) and Reconciliation:Keeping the flame alive(2001) and Communities Working Together(1998).
Reconciliation Day Festival Celebration: The civil rights which is much talked about was first seen in terms of protest and civil rights agitation with activism by the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians to give an end to the injustice in working environment with country’s ethnic groups. The outcome of the 1967 referendum also constituted with a resounding victory for the civil rights in Australia. It is also an event which is now celebrated at the Reconciliation Day Australian Day in the Australian Capital Territory and during the National Reconciliation Week all around Australia.The Aboriginal Australians also celebrate it at the home-ground as it is termed to be an indigenous Festival in Sydney.
The date of Reconciliation Day Australia day has some great significance for the amendments caused by the indigenous Australians and it is included with the official census to be held on June 1. It is also considered to be an extended parliament’s jurisdiction and include them. It also was not intended but the benefit of Australia’s indigenous population was however all because of the jurisdiction with mixed results in the decades afterwards.The Reconciliation Day is only a public holiday and the date is symbolic due to putting into effect on August 1967 as the Aboriginal Australians got included in the determinants of the population but it allows the legislation of particular racial groups.
The invasion of Britishers saw many changes in Australia and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have the rights to the land of the Australia.Things gradually changed although much of them were convicts still they got into the population and changed the country which could be seen in today’s scenario.The country has seen the community involvements and the cultural awareness of the people could be seen with reconciliation of the Australian Indigenous Community with the Australian society. The first year Australia held a NRW and it has also seen growth of community development with many memorable moments of the tradition followed by Reconciliation Day Australia Holiday.
The Australian Capital Territory with considering reconciliation day as a public holiday and with the 300,000 people walking across Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of NRW made the tradition memorable and also different events take part in commemorating Reconciliation Day as first day of National Reconciliation Week thus facilitating many other programs to continue for the entire week.
Reconciliation Day Date and Day:-
2025 Festival Date: Monday, 2 June
2024 Festival Date: Monday, 27 May
2023 Festival Date: Monday, 29 May
2022 Festival Date: Monday, 30 May
2021 Festival Date: Monday, 31 May
2020 Festival Date: Monday, 1 June
2019 Festival Date: Monday, 27 May
Type : Cultural
Frequency: Annual