group photo of 25 yr celebration.

Here we tell the story of the Womens Reconciliation Network in the broader context of the contemporary Reconciliation movement in Australia. The contemporary formal process known as Reconciliation, had its origins in the final Recommendation of the 1991 Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It states:

‘That all political leaders and their parties recognise that reconciliation between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Australia must be achieved if community division, discord and injustice to Aboriginal people are to be avoided. To this end the Commission recommends that political leaders use their best endeavours to ensure bi-partisan public support for the process of reconciliation and that the urgency and necessity of the process be acknowledged.’

Since the first historic meeting of about 300 women at the NSW State library in May 1996, an intrepid band of women have believed in the urgency and necessity of the process of reconciliation being acknowledged. Here you can read highlights of significant events and resources