Library

From May 27 until June 3, the library is celebrating National Reconciliation Week.

The dates for National Reconciliation Week this year are significant. On the 27 May (1967) Australia’s most successful referendum saw more than 90 per cent of Australians vote to give the Australian Government power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and recognise them in the census.

On the 3 June (1992) the High Court delivered the Mabo decision, the culmination of Eddie Koiki Mabo’s challenge to the legal fiction of ‘terra nullius’ (land belonging to no-one) and leading to the legal recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional owners and custodians of the land. This decision paved the way for Native Title.

This year’s theme is ‘Be brave. Make change’, encouraging all Australians to be brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation.

The library has an extensive range of literature that represents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, we encourage all students to visit the library this week and have a browse.

We are happy to make recommendations to interested students.