First people
Come and experience what our first nations' poeple have to offer ... past, present and emerging.
Acknowledgements – NAIDOC Week online trail
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the many individuals
and organisations who contributed to the NAIDOC Week 2020 online trail.
Bal-yan – NAIDOC Week online trail
1 Warralily Boulevard (corner Barwon Heads Road) in Armstrong Creek.
Borrong gook – Lake Lorne – NAIDOC Week online trail
149–177 High Street and 51–59 Reserve Road in Drysdale.
Buniya Yaluk – Redgum Island – NAIDOC Week online trail
65 Hyland Street, Fyansford
Bunjil’s Nest – NAIDOC Week online trail
111–117 Unity Drive in Mount Duneed.
Dan Dan Nook Playground – NAIDOC Week online trail
12A Bluff Road (former Harvey Reserve) in St Leonards.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan
We have developed the Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan in consultation with a Working Group comprising Traditional Owners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members, representatives from Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative.
Reconciliation Action Plan - Artist acknowledgement
Artist, Billy-Jay O'Toole, painted Wadawurrung Country and Connection in 2019.
Reconciliation Action Plan - Governance
We have five governance actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan.
Reconciliation Action Plan - Mayor and Chief Executive Officer message
We are very proud to bring you the City’s first Reconciliation Action Plan.
Reconciliation Action Plan - Opportunities
There are three opportunities actions in our Reconciliation Action Plan.
Reconciliation Action Plan - Our business
The role of The City of Greater Geelong is constituted under the Local Government Act (Vic) 1989 to provide leadership for the good governance of the municipal district and the local community.
Public Realm Framework - Section 4.8 Street Furniture
Street furniture may include items such as seats, drinking fountains, bins, bicycle stands and repair.
Asylum seekers and refugees
There is a great deal of confusion about the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee and often the terms are used interchangeably or incorrectly.
Racism and discrimination - resources and links
Regardless of where you are from, what you look like, what you believe or what language you speak, no one should have to endure racism in the place they call home.
Refugee Week 2022: Alphonse Mulashe
Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Alphonse Mulashe and his family left their home due to the war.
Refugee Week 2022: Helen Chernonok
Helen
arrived in Australia two months ago after fleeing the war in Ukraine. She lives
in Jan Juc, and she’s being supported by the Ukrainian Community in Geelong and
Cultura.
Refugee Week 2022: Keak Joak
Keak Joak’s parents fled the war in South Sudan in the 1990s and resettled in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, where Keak was born.
Refugee Week 2022: Khin Khin Sumon
Khin Khin Sumon and her family resettled in Australia in 2012, following years of living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Khin Khin is a member of the Karen community in Geelong.