Ablaze – Lane Cove Residents For Reconciliation Film Screening

ABOUT LCRR

WALKING  TOGETHER  IN  CAMERAYGAL  COUNTRY  ON  SYDNEY’S  LOWER  NORTH  SHORE’

   Lane Cove Residents for Reconciliation (LCRR) is a voluntary, non-funded, non-party-political and

   not-for-profit Local Reconciliation Group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working together

   to raise awareness of the issues involved in the process of Reconciliation and Social Justice; and  

   consistent with the National Reconciliation ‘Corroboree 2000’  Vision Statement:

  “A united Australia, which respects this land of ours, values the

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all.”

‘LCRR – About Us’:    Formed in 1997,  LCRR activities include:

• Free public events, activities and information evenings with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Speakers.
• Networking with National, State and Local Indigenous Organisations and Reconciliation Groups.
• Networking with Northern Sydney Councils and Communities.
• Networking with Northern Sydney Aboriginal Heritage Office (AHO)       aboriginalheritage.org
• Networking with Reconciliation Australia (RA)      reconciliation.org.au

• Networking with Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)                 antar.org.au
• Founding member of Reconciliation NSW (RNSW)                         reconciliationnsw.org.au

LCRR highlights over the years include:

• 1997: Lane Cove ‘Children’s Voices for Reconciliation’ (annual) co-founded  by LCRR/Lane Cove Council.
• 2000: Founding member of Reconciliation Network: Northern Sydney Region (RNNSR).
• 2000: Plaque in Lane Cove Plaza acknowledging Cameraygal Country.

 2000: LCRR Recipient of a ‘National Reconciliation Award’ from the National Council for Aboriginal

                Reconciliation  (on permanent display in Lane Cove Library)

 2001: LCRR Book Publication ‘Children’s Voices for Reconciliation’ (national distribution).

• 2004: LCRR Recipient of a ‘Northern Sydney Guringai Festival’ Award.
• 2004: Plaque at Woodford Bay acknowledging Aboriginal resistance to British invasion – unveiled by

     the NSW Governor and the Chairperson, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council (MLALC).

 2008: Woodford Bay DVD (33mins) and Study Guide (20pp insert), produced by LCRR and MLALC – for

    all communities to work together in recording their own local Indigenous/non-Indigenous history.

• 2011: Indigenous component included in all Lane Cove Australian Citizenship Ceremonies.
• 2012 -> On-going public information evenings – topics include Constitutional Recognition; Treaty;

                               The Frontier Wars; Australia’s Hidden History ….

• LCRR supports the 2017 ‘Uluru Statement From The Heart’ and the 2019 ‘Imagination Declaration’.