Yarra Ranges Reconciliation Week – Bridging Now to Next

Join us for our 2025 Yarra Ranges National Reconciliation Week event, live from The Memo in Healesville from 10:00am - 1:00pm on Tue 27th May 2025. 

Presented by the Indigenous Development Team at Yarra Ranges Council. 

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Bridging Now to Next, urges us to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us. 

At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together.

About the National Reconciliation Week 2025 Artwork

In the #NRW2025 theme artwork created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, native plants − known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together. 

Australia’s history of reconciliation is not a linear one but one that includes both great strides and disappointing setbacks. 

Twenty-five years ago, Corroboree 2000 brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous leaders in a historic call for reconciliation.  We continue that work in 2025, inviting all Australians to join us in Bridging Now to Next – building a more united and respectful nation. 

Corroboree 2000 and the Sydney Harbour Bridge walk were significant events in our long journey and our determination to continue that journey towards a reconciled Australia and justice for First Nations peoples is unstoppable.

Guest Speakers, Performances and Presentations 

• Ziggy Ramo (Music Performance)

• Courtney Ugle (Keynote Speaker)

• Oonah Presentation 

• Richard Frankland and Ash Dargan (Conversation & Performance)

Reconciliation Live Stream 

Can’t join us in person then follow the event online from 10am, Tue 27th May 2025