Members of the Narromine community gathered together at the Narromine Shire Council on Friday, for the raising of the Aboriginal flag in recognition of Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week.
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The ceremony included an Aboriginal flag raising ceremony undertaken by Taylah Donnelly, a Welcome to Country performed by Elder Ruth Carney, and guest speakers including Deputy Mayor Dawn Collins and Jordan Itoya from Narromine High School.
This year's theme is 'grounded in truth. Walk together with courage', and was explained by Narromine High School's Jordan Itoya.
"I'm a proud Wiradjuri man from Narromine. Today I'm here to talk to you about the 2019 Reconciliation Week theme, of grounded in truth and walking with courage," Mr Itoya said.
"The truth of Australia's history and the pain felt through the European settlement has always been confronting, but needs to be explored and known by the new generations of Aboriginal and non Aboriginal people who call Australia home.
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"This year's Reconciliation Week is all about coming together as one to gain courage, courage to have the impact, the important conversation that many are too scared to have with one another.
"Courage to hear each others stories so we can find our common ground in truth which will help us come together as one."
Mr Itoya said to foster positive race relations, our relationship must be grounded in a foundation of truth, which takes a lot of courage.
"If you know it is a story that holds pain or that tells of conflict or exclusion, to speak painfully about these things requires courage," he said.
"It also takes courage to hear stories that remind us of hard times and hard experiences in the past.
"It takes courage to speak and to listen.
"We can tell each other's stories, and trust in honesty to make a gift for our future generations."
National Reconciliation Week runs from May 27 to June 3 each year.
These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey: the successful referendum on 27 May 1967 and the High Court Mabo decision on 3 June 1992.