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What Next?
Following are suggestions for ways in which you can respond to the National Sorry Day
initiative and further reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
What Can You Do?
- Learn about Aboriginal issues, culture and history:
On the local Wathaurong people:
 | B. Pascoe (ed.), Too Bloody Strong (Pascoe Publishing, 1997) |
| S. Ferrier, The Wathaurong (available from the Wathaurong Coop) |
| G. Presland, Land of the Kulin (Penguin) |
| Short courses run by Narana Creations (phone 5241 5700). |
General history and native title:
| Any of Henry Reynolds’ books |
| Michael Bachelard’s The Great Land Gab: What every Australian should know about
Wik, Mabo and the ten-point plan (Hyland House, 1997) |
| Internet: http://www.nativetitle.aust.com |
On the Stolen Generation:
Local Sources of Information:
| Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative on 5277 0044 or Narana Creations on 5241 5700 |
| Local libraries and the Geelong Historic Record Centre (phone 5221 7007) |
- As a parish community:
| Incorporate references to Aboriginal peoples and issues, and reconciliation between
indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, into the Sunday liturgy, such as in the Prayer
of the Faithful. |
| Dedicate a plaque in the church that acknowledges the original inhabitants of the land
on which it stands. |
| Add an Aboriginal artwork into the church building. There are a number of skilled
Christian Aboriginal artists. |
- Talk about Aboriginal issues and share information with family, friends and neighbours.
- Join the Geelong ‘One Fire’ Reconciliation Group. Contact Michael Leahy on
5256 1656.
- Visit Local Aboriginal Places of Interest:
| Yallinko park, on the Barwon River at Shannon Ave. Bridge, Highton. |
| Point Addis Koori Cultural Walk (Great Ocean Rd, 10km past Torquay). |
| There are numerous sites of cultural significance in the Geelong region. Contact the
Wathaurong Cooperative for further information. |
- Join or start your own Australians for Reconciliation Study Circle. Phone the Victorian
‘Australians for Reconciliation’ Coordinator on 1800 060 265.
- Encourage your local politicians and councillors to do more to promote reconciliation in
the Geelong region.
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