Hunter Commitment to Indigenous Australians |
| Category: | Event | |
| Date: | 14 December 1993 | |
| Sub Category: | Statement of Commitment/Intention |
| Place: | Port Stephens, east coast of New South Wales |
| State/Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Subject Matter: | Reconciliation | Local Government |
| Summary Information: | |
| The Hunter Commitment to Indigenous Australians was signed by the Port Stephens Council and representatives of the Worimi traditional owners on 14 December 1993. |
| Detailed Information: | |
| The Commitment states:
· We acknowledge that Indigenous Australians are the first people of this land and have survived over two centuries of persecution.
· We grieve for the loss of Australian Indigenous people, their land, their children, their health, their lives.
· We grieve over the high rate of imprisonment and the many Black deaths in custody.
· We acknowledge the right of Indigenous Australians to live according to their own values and customs.
· We undertake to make ourselves better informed of the facts of non-Indigenous settlement of Australia.
· We promise to listen to what Indigenous Australians are saying to us and to think about what it must be like to live with racism every day.
· We shall interrupt racist remarks and jokes whenever we are in a position to do so.
· We commit ourselves to respecting Aboriginal sacred sites and special places in the Hunter Region.
· We recognise the vital contributions of Indigenous people to the Hunter Region and we look forward to a future of mutual respect and harmony.
· We support Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working together for a treaty or other instrument of reconciliation. | |
