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Nillumbik Reconciliation Group
Category:	Organisation
Sub Category:	Representative Body \| Aboriginal Corporation
Place:	Nillumbik Shire
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State/Country:	Victoria, Australia
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Alternative Names:	Nillumbik Reconciliation Committee
URL:	http://home.vicnet.net.au/~nrgp/
Summary Information:
The Nillumbik Reconciliation Group (NRG) was established as a result of a 1997 decision taken by Nillumbik Shire Council to appoint an Advisory Committee for the purpose of organising, in consultation with Wurundjeri elders, a suitable location and ceremony for the Shire Council to make a formal acknowledgment, apology and commitment to the traditional owners of the region. This took place on 9 May 1998. The NRG was incorporated on 31 May 2000. Its purposes include: -Acknowledgement of the traditional Aboriginal people's ownership of land taken by force in Australia, particularly in the Nillumbik area; -Community education about the ongoing effects of disadvantage that Aboriginal people have faced; -Working for social justice for Aboriginal people today; -Raising the awareness of the community about contemporary Aboriginal culture and the ancient and enduring spiritual connection to the land in Australia. -To work with Local Government and other groups with a similar purpose; -To produce cultural centres, markers and local names which honour the Wurundjeri people's significance in the area. (NRG, 'Statement of Purpose').