Events of interest
Below is a list of community events which may be of interest. Please contact organisers directly for additional information. Please note the Hawke Centre is not generally involved in these community events. This listing is offered as a service to the community and community event organisers.
If you have a community event you would like to promote through our website, please forward details to cara.zanotti@unisa.edu.au or call 8302 7135 for more information.
May 2013
History SA presents About Time, a month long celebration of our
diverse and remarkable history. The festival promotes the State's wonderful
collections, places and stories through an amazing range of history-related
activities.
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information
National Sorry day
The Hawke Centre reaffirm the National Sorry Day acknowledgment. National Sorry Day is an annual day of commemoration and remembrance of all those who have been impacted by the government policies of forcible removal that have resulted in the Stolen Generations. More information.
All are welcome to attend the Blessing of the Aboriginal Flag by the Rev. Sid Graham, at St David's Anglican Church, 494 Glynburn Road, Burnside. Refreshments afterwards in the Church Town Hall.
Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey - the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision. Visit the Reconciliation SA website to find out what's happening in your community during National Reconciliation Week.
Reconciliation SA: Annual
Reconciliation week breakfast
Reconciliation SA celebrates Reconciliation week and the launch of their new
website. The event also features a guest performance from the original "Sapphires" .This year's theme is: Let's talk recognition. Contact to State
Manager of Reconciliation SA, Mark Waters to reserve your place or table:
reconciliationsa@adam.com.au, 0417 834 938.
Previous breakfasts have sold out so early registration is highly
recommended.
The Catherine
Helen Spence Memorial Scholarship
The purpose of this
Scholarship (value up to $25,000) is to provide for a woman to undertake in
Australia or overseas, the investigation of social problems and/or a study
in the field of social sciences. The investigation or study should be
relevant to social conditions in South Australia and be capable of being
applied for the benefit of the state.
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information
Appeal for the Solomon Islands
Inspired by the moving
lecture: The
rising sea levels of climate change - the challenge to prepare,
delivered by Alice Aruhe'eta Pollard, and presented in the Hawke Centre
program last year, Just Sustainability Australia are fundraising for those
affected by climate change in the Solomon Islands. Visit the Just
Sustainability Australia website for more details on how you can help, and
sign up for their mailing list.
More
information
June 2013
Interconnectedness and
civilisations in Islam, the West and Australia
Free public lecture focussing on the interconnectedness and civilisations in Islam, the West and Australia. Presented by Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla, Founding Director of the Griffith Islamic Research Unit and Director (Queensland node) of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies. To book email: info@islamicsocietysa.org.au.
The views presented by speakers/organisations at these events are their own and are not necessarily those of either the University of South Australia or the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre. Information supplied by community groups involved and may change without notice.