Kumpul. Promoting greater mutual awareness between, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and Indonesians

There seems to be growing awareness in Australia about the importance of NAIDOC Week. And some young Indonesians are aware too. Why do three young people who value closer Indonesia-Australia relations believe NAIDOC Week and the road to reconciliation are important?

Indigenous story teller Kirli Saunders (right) visited Indonesia to hold reading sessions. Indigenous Australians and Makkassarvpeople have a long history. Source: 2019 Australian Embassy Jakarta/Creative Commons

Callum Lowe is a student at the Australian National University, Citra Gantiaji is president of the Jakarta chapter of the Australia Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) di Jakarta and Wisnu Trianugeraha is the Indonesian Operations Coordinator for AIYA and a student in Canberra.  With Sri Dean they discuss why NAIDOC Week and its theme Heal Country are important and how to strengthen understanding across Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and Indonesians.

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The 2021 National NAIDOC logo identifies the theme of Heal Country Source: NAIDOC/Creative Commons