Remembrance Day 2003 : Statement of Reconciliation
Tuesday, 11 November 2003 Warringah

METROPOLITAN LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL

NORTHERN SYDNEY REGION RECONCILIATION NETWORK

Remembrance Day 2003 : Statement of Reconciliation
Tuesday, 11 November 2003 Warringah

CEREMONY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND REMEMBRANCE

We acknowledge that we are here today on the land of the Guringai people. The Guringai are the Traditional Owners of this land and are part of the oldest, surviving, continuous culture in the world. We pay our respects to the Spirits of the Ancestors.

On this Remembrance Day 2003 we gather together for ceremony and for the lighting of two Remembrance Candles.

We light this candle to honour and remember Indigenous Australians who have fought and died on Australian soil since 1788, in defence of their country.

Candle lit by: Allen Madden Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

We light this candle to honour and remember Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians who have fought and died on foreign soil, in defence of their country.

Candle lit by: Kerrie McKenzie Northern Sydney Region Reconciliation Network
11am: A Minute's Silence for Remembrance and Reflection

'LEST WE FORGET'

In the spirit of Reconciliation, we move forward and work together for social justice and the inherent rights of Indigenous Australians; the truth-telling of our shared history and the healing of our nation.

We can then one day, all walk together as Australians, with dignity, on this sacred land.

For more details, please contact:

Kerrie McKenzie
P.O. Box 41
Berowra NSW 2081
Phone / Fax: 02 9428 1197
E-mail: kerriemckenzie@bigpond.com