Reconciliation Place

The Reconciliation Place ( reconciliation.From ) is a sculpture on the so-called Parliamentary Triangle (parliamentary triangle) in the Australian capital Canberra.

The theme of the place and the sculpture is the reconciliation between Aboriginal Australians and early European settlers.

Competition

In 2001 a national competition has been launched by the architect Simon Kringas won. Furthermore, at that time Sharon Payne was appointed consultant in the presentation design of Aboriginal culture on the reconciliation space.

The budget for the design and execution of the Reconciliation Place was $ 3.5 million Completion could take only four months.

Shaping

The site is located at the intersection of the axis of the Walter Burley Griffin Lands and the pedestrian axis linking the National Library of Australia in the west and the High Court of Australia in the east. The place has a central convex hills and exhibits works by Australian artists. It involves the local water course in the design.

The design of the sculpture course was planned as an ongoing process rather than a one-time act.

Today, there are 17 works of art on the reconciliation space. Four works were handed out at the beginning of the project on 22 July 2002 by the Prime Minister Jahn Howard, three works of art selected on 28 May 2004, the aboriginesstämmigen senators Neville Bonner and Vincent Lingiari and two more the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone. Five works of art were unveiled on 5 July 2006 by Mal Brough, Minister for Families, Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs. On 28 May 2007, being the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum - which the Aborigines zubilligte civil rights and voting rights in the episode - handed Minister Brough three more works of art, and on 11 July 2007, a working women was commissioned by the Minister for Families, Services and Indigenous Affairs revealed. The Wati - Jarra - Jukurrpa street art was opened to the public on 24 November 2008.

In the square there are sculptures of stone, glass, steel and lettering. Topics of the strokes are:

  • Welcome to the land of the Ngunnawal, the traditional owners of this land, on whose land the property of Reconciliation Place is built.
  • The Australian 1967 referendum allowed the Aborigines later Australian citizenship and voting rights.
  • Recognition of the land rights of Aboriginal people, the so-called native title as a part of the legislation of Australia.
  • Participation of Aboriginal people in sport and in the defense of Australia.
  • The Aboriginesführer Elders Neville Bonner and Vincent Lingiari are shown.
  • The practice of the Stolen Generation in the past.

Sculptures

  • Judy Watson: Fire and Water
  • Vic McGrath: Methalu Tharri ( Smooth Sailing )
  • Richard Woldendorp u. A.: Separation
  • Darryl Cowie: Separation
  • Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher ( Thanakupi ): Kwi'ith, yam - man -and-wife
  • Community work: strength, service and loss
  • Community work: Ngunnawal
  • Community work: leadership ( Neville Bonner and Vincent Lingiari )
  • Community work: Referendum
  • Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher u. A.: Woman
  • Munnari John Hammond: Ruby Florence Hammond PSM
  • Alice Mitchell Marrakorlorlo: Robert Lee
  • Mervyn Rubuntja and Benita Turks: Wenten Rubuntja AM
  • Simon Kringas: Land Rights
  • Jonathan Nadji u. A. Bill Neijie OAM
  • Djerrkura: Gatjil Djerrkura OAM
  • Paddy Japaljarri Stewart: Wati Jarra Jukurrpa ( two-man dream time)
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