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Reconciliation Action Plan Coordinator

ACSQ RAP Coordinator Aunty Sandra King OAM planning the RAP launch event with the Justice Unit's Peter Branjerdporn at St Martin's House in November 2021
News

Diocesan community set to celebrate the launch of new Reconciliation Action Plan

The Anglican Church Southern Queensland’s new Reconciliation Action Plan will be launched next week in the Cathedral, bringing together people across our Diocesan community, including First Nations Elders and other Church leaders

Features

A surprising letter discovery

“While starting to think about writing this article, the most wonderful thing happened. I was packing up my paperwork, as I am moving house, and to my surprise, I found a letter from the Secretary of the Queensland NAIDOC Week committee asking me to be a judge for the 1976 Miss NAIDOC competition,” says Quandamooka and Bundjalung Elder Aunty Sandra King OAM, while also telling us about continuing NAIDOC Week events planned for early September

Reflections

First Nations ‘icons’ – a portal to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Spiritualities

“The purpose of our recent meditation gathering was to create a space for reflection and learning using, as our ‘portal’, three magnificent paintings collectively depicted in the Bible Society’s ‘Christian Book of the Year 2017’, Our Mob, God’s Story, which features over 115 paintings by 65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from around Australia,” says St Matthew’s, Holland Park parishioner, Randal Dennings