Reconciliation and the Indigenous Connection

Need to further acknowledge indigenous people and educate newly arrived migrants and refugees about indigenous Australian being the first Australians.

Programs and discussions that recognise indigenous Australians as the first Australians has also helped refugee young people understand that Anglo-Australians were once also new settlers/migrants. Discussion identifying indigenous Australians as the first Australians also assist in challenging racist issues towards newly arrived refugee and migrants.

"Oh yeh the first Australians were black." proudly announced by a Sudanese young woman.

Comments like this and making that link with Australia's Black/indigenous history have helped refugee young people feel more accepted in the mainstream community rather than feeling like an outsider/the other.