RECOGNITION AND RECONCILIATION

Credit: Melanie Faith Dove, Yothu Yindi Foundation

Recognition and reconciliation are common threads that are woven through all of the work that Cape York Partnership does.

We believe that every single Australian should have a deep understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture and history; that this is a key ingredient for true ‘reconciliation’, which amounts to more than just the sum of the word. True reconciliation cannot occur, however, until Australia’s Indigenous peoples are recognised as its first peoples. To this end, we seek constitutional reform as a means of affording Indigenous Australians the recognition they deserve as a culturally rich and diverse peoples; Australia’s first inhabitants who hold a deep spiritual connection and attachment to this land.