2024 Queensland Reconciliation Awards
Since 2003, the Queensland Reconciliation Awards have been recognising and celebrating inspiring initiatives for dedication and unwavering commitment to reconciliation.
The Queensland Reconciliation Awards continue to recognise the many inspiring collaborations and projects advancing reconciliation across businesses, community organisations, education institutions and government agencies.
Nominations have now closed for the 2024 awards. To learn more about the nomination process, review the nomination guidelines.
Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony during National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June 2024) and will receive a share of $30,000 in prize money.
Nomination categories
2023 awards recipients
Business
AMS Group for A Beacon for Reconciliation
AMS Group and Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council designed a reconciliation initiative to employ 40 young people throughout the waterways of Moreton Bay and around the coast of Australia to maintain lighthouses, navigation aids, protect ports and shipping lanes, and support Australia’s search and rescue operations.
Community
Garbutt Magpies Sporting and Cultural Association for Mariakarti Nyawa, Kurranyu Nyinama - Look Back If You Want To Go Forward
The Garbutt Magpies is a sporting and cultural club based on traditional First Nations practices and philosophies to guide reconciliation. They create and extend traditional song and storylines in the contemporary world through positive sporting and cultural activities, resulting in increased participation in Reconciliation Action Plans with local businesses and community organisations.
Education
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School for St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School Reconciliation Action Plan
In 2021, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School launched a formal Reconciliation Action Plan providing a framework to drive important change in the classroom, around the school, and within the community, based around relationships, respect and opportunities.
Health and wellbeing
Gold Coast Health for Waijungbah Jarjums Service
Waijungbah Jarjums, which means ‘place of mother and children’ in traditional Yugambeh language, is a community service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families on the Gold Coast to receive continuity of care from pregnancy through to childhood. The service combines both the Birthing on Country project and the First 1,000 Days Australia principles, founded on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing.
Partnership
Queensland Theatre and Cairns Indigenous Art Fair for Othello
Othello is a fusion of two powerful artistic cultures – Shakespeare and Wagadagam. It is a tri-lingual production (Kala Lagaw Ya, Yumpla Tok and English) re-imagined by Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein. Set between Cairns and the Torres Strait, Othello illuminates the vital role of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion during World War II as they successfully protected the northern tip of Australia.
Path to Treaty
The 2024 Queensland Reconciliation Awards align with the Queensland Government’s commitment to Path to Treaty in Queensland, promoting truth-telling, healing and a shared future for all Queenslanders.
The passing of the Path to Treaty Act 2023in Parliament in May last year was a significant step on the Path to Treaty in Queensland, as it sets the legislative framework to prepare for the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry and First Nations Treaty Institute.
Path to Treaty allows for reconciliation to occur, as we acknowledge the past and look towards the future.
Proudly supported by
Business
Proudly supported by BOQ.Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is one of Australia’s leading regional banks and we’re committed to making a positive impact in the communities we operate in. Our vision for reconciliation across all our brands (BOQ, Virgin Money Australia & ME ) is that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities are afforded equity, dignity and respect. We’re proud to support reconciliation, cultural safety and truth telling at BOQ. Our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, employees, and stakeholders, including our partnerships with the Stars Foundation, Clontarf and CareerTrackers are integral to our RAP and vision for reconciliation.
Community
Proudly suported by The University of Queensland.UQ’s mission is to create change that positively influences society by engaging in the pursuit of excellence through the creation, preservation, transfer and application of knowledge. We aspire to make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges an integral component of this mission. We aim towards increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation and success in higher education through culturally inclusive environments and practices.
Education
Proudly supported by James Cook University.James Cook University (JCU) is a tertiary institution in North Queensland ranked in the top 2% in the world1 and home to the JCU Indigenous Education and Research Centre. JCU is committed to valuing and supporting cultural diversity as an asset that enriches the life of the university community.
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Health and wellbeing
Proudly supported by Santos.Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time. Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States. Santos’ goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.
Partnership
Proudly supported by QUT.QUT is proud to sponsor the Partnership category of the 2024 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. We believe in working with and walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver outcomes for the real world.
Media partner
Proudly supported by ABC Radio Brisbane.ABC Radio Brisbane is part of the fabric of our city and the everyday lives of our audience, creating connections with local communities, sharing their stories, and covering the local, national and international issues that matter most to them.
The Queensland Reconciliation Awards is an initiative of the Queensland Government through the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and the Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts.