{"id":4163,"date":"2019-11-08T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2019-11-08T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:58:08","slug":"guraki-committee-drives-reconciliation-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/08\/guraki-committee-drives-reconciliation-for-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Guraki Committee drives reconciliation for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-head\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">The City of Newcastle\u2019s Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee is celebrating two decades of strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Novocastrians.<br \/>\nGuraki was officially launched as a committee of Council on June 1, 1999 with a mandate to give life to Council\u2019s reconciliation \u2018Commitment Statement\u2019.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Guraki.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Guraki-Committee-drives-reconciliation-for-20-year\/Guraki.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Guraki.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nCity of Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the Guraki Committee had a proud history of delivering cultural awareness outcomes for the city.<br \/>\n\u201cOur reconciliation journey over the past twenty years has been inspiring, challenging and rewarding,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.<br \/>\n\u201cFormer Lord Mayor Joy Cummings\u2019 advocacy followed by the establishment of the Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee by the Former Lord Mayor Greg Heys has ensured that Guraki\u2019s legacy includes the Aboriginal flag on City Hall flying permanently alongside the Australian flag, a symbolic message acknowledging the Awabakal and Worimi peoples as Newcastle\u2019s traditional custodians.<br \/>\n\u201cAnother achievement has been the dual names project which has seen the formal gazettal of eight significant Aboriginal landmarks in Newcastle, featuring interpretative signage with original names and place narratives.<br \/>\n\u201cThe City of Newcastle\u2019s Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee submitted the names to the NSW Geographical Names Board based on Aboriginal references to the landmarks documented in maps, sketches and geological descriptions dating back from as early as 1797.<br \/>\n\u201cThis project has helped to bring the language and heritage of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples to a broader audience as part of a reconciliation project,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.<br \/>\nGuraki Committee Chair Rob Russell has reflected on the history of Guraki and acknowledged those who have served on the committee throughout its 20 years to build strong relationships in the community.<br \/>\n\u201cGuraki celebrating its 20th anniversary is a truly significant milestone. City of Newcastle has been a leader in driving reconciliation and seen many benefits from the expertise of an active Aboriginal community voice,\u201d Mr Russell said.<br \/>\n\u201cGuraki provides high level strategic advice to assist Council to better understand the perspectives and aspirations of local Aboriginal people.<br \/>\n\u201cInto the future, Guraki will continue to foster a more inclusive Newcastle community, and to promote to Council the concerns and interests that affect Aboriginal people in Newcastle.\u201d<br \/>\nGuraki\u2019s milestone was marked on Thursday evening at an anniversary event held at Newcastle Museum. The past and future came together in a unique augmented reality Aboriginal Acknowledgement ceremony highlighting the heritage and culture of local Aboriginal peoples followed by a video presentation of Guraki and Council\u2019s journey over 20 years.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Newcastle\u2019s Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee is celebrating two decades of strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Novocastrians. Guraki was officially launched as a committee of Council on June 1, 1999 with a mandate to give life to Council\u2019s reconciliation \u2018Commitment Statement\u2019. City of Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the Guraki Committee &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/08\/guraki-committee-drives-reconciliation-for-20-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guraki Committee drives reconciliation for 20 years&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}