1. Recognition is acknowledging the past, reconciling the present and developing partnerships for the future.  

2. Recognition is acknowledging the significance of the Old Farm Strawberry Hill property to the Minang people, of Albany

3. Recognition is Valuing Our Heritage Photography & Story Winner – 2011 Gurrumul Rock  (see attached photo)

Gurrumul Rock, Rory Charles, Riverlands School (Year 1-3)

A long time ago there was an old man who looked after the bush really well. All the animals were his friends and were not frightened of him. They were really close to him. They ate food out of his hand. They told him when something bad was happening. They told him what they were saying because he was an animal lover. One day he was watching down below when some gardia came on a big animal. He held up his spear to frighten them but they had stronger spears that made the biggest bang and hurt him. He pretended that he was dead and soon they went away. Gurrumul was bleeding so he picked up the sand from the ground and rubbed it into his wounds. Slowly he turned to stone. Today he sits on the top of the hill and looks out across the country. He sees all the changes that have happened. He sees us kids come and play near him and he is happy because he wants us to be in the bush. He wants us to learn the way to walk quietly and find animals. He is happy that the land where he sits is in John Forrest National Park.

Gurrumul is not happy when he looks down at the valley and sees all the bush gone and lots of trails and huts and smoke. He wishes things could have stayed how they were when his people looked after the land.

He worries for the people who are getting lost in that smoke. He talks to us when we sit quietly and he tells us to look after the bush so it will be there when we have children.

I love Gurrumul Rock because it reminds me to look after the land. If we forget this, the land will forget us and we will be gone.

4. Recognition is working in partnership with Aboriginal Foundations – Gabbie Kylie, Dowark and Ngalia http://www.ntwa.com.au/content/foundations

5. Recognition is educating students about 40 000 years of Australian History through courses on the Burrup Peninsula http://www.valuingheritage.com.au/Year_11_Burrup_Peninsula.html

As well as the beginning of National Reconciliation Week the 27th of May was the 45th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum or the ‘Yes’ vote. 

It was when Australians voted ‘Yes’ to recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as citizens of their own country.

A landmark decision that was a step in the right direction.

The National Trust of Australia (WA) is proud to support Reconciliation Week, and Closing the Gap.

Acknowledging the past, reconciling the present and developing partnerships for the future.  

Koora kaadadjiny, yeyi kwab-kwabanidjowiny, dandjoo mila-k warniny.

For 2012, the National Year of Reading, the Trust is offering a quote each week that relates to Heritage; this one concerns our Built heritage - the water supply pipeline built by CY O’Connor to bring water to the Goldfield. You can purchase the book The Pipeline CY O’Connor Built from the Trust, and learn more about the Golden Pipelne HeritageTrail here. 

The No. 29 Fremantle Tram, built in 1921, now in Whiteman Park, Whiteman, City of Swan,  Western Australia. Classified by the National Trust in 2005.

For 2012, the National Year of Reading, the Trust is offering a quote each week that relates to Heritage; this one concerns our Built heritage & what makes a built place significant.