Milestones Darwin City

Reconciliation, like learning within early childhood, is a journey beginning with building respectful and heartfelt relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community.  Exploring reconciliation in early childhood education is an important part of the ongoing process of  developing cultural responsiveness. Through our connections with the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and through daily experiences with children and families in Darwin, on Larrakia Land. It is as much about what we do every day, the actions we take and words we use, as it is about what we think, what we understand and what we believe about our own culture and the richness Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. It is multilayered, interconnected and because it is so different across Australia, at times complex. Reconciliation is about ensuring equity and equality for the First Nation Peoples and building relationships between communities to do this.