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42-406: Meehan may refer to: People [ edit ] Andrew Meehan, former national director of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) Ben Meehan (born 1993), Australian rugby union player Brian Meehan (born 1967), Irish racehorse trainer C. P. Meehan (1812–1890), Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor Daniel Meehan ,

84-489: A public holiday was held in the Australian Capital Territory on 28 May 2018. The reconciliation process has been accepted into political discourse, and grassroots organisations such as ANTaR continue to play a part. The dual target of rights and practical measures is a message aimed not only at governments but also the corporate sector and all kinds of institutions, as well as ordinary members of

126-614: A "hearts and minds" awareness strategy during its existence, seeking to gain press coverage across all levels of media. It staged large events such as the Australian Reconciliation Convention in 1997, which was broadcast live on television, ran cross-cultural workshops for journalists, and produced social science research on community attitudes towards reconciliation. Its quarterly publication Walking Together and material such as badges and stickers were given to schools and local governments . It soon became

168-410: A "people's movement" with hundreds of local community reconciliation groups founded across the country. Coordinators known as Australians for Reconciliation (AFR), appointed by CAR, promoted initiatives to help the movement. CAR members sought meetings with leaders, and conducted three major public consultation events and hundreds of meetings, evoking over 3,000 response forms from individuals. In 1995,

210-746: A character on the HBO drama Oz Gerry Meehan (born 1946), retired Canadian professional ice hockey leftwinger James Meehan (disambiguation) Jim Meehan , American professional poker player John Meehan (disambiguation) Lew Meehan (1890-1951), American actor Martin Meehan (Irish republican) (1945–2007), Sinn Féin politician and former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Marty Meehan (born 1956), American attorney and politician Michael J. Meehan (1891–1948), American stockbroker and

252-501: A report containing six recommendations, relating to: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), a mostly non-Indigenous organisation, was founded in 1997. With support from Australian Artists Against Racism, the "Sea of Hands" was created on the lawns in front of Parliament House, Canberra : 50,000 hands, symbolising support for Indigenous Australians against the Wik amendments. Social research showed that public support for

294-612: A two-day event at the Sydney Opera House held in CAR's final year of existence, taking place from 27 to 28 May 2000. On the first day, a meeting of dozens of Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders at the Sydney Opera House was again broadcast live on TV, and was covered by around 500 media outlets. One issue loomed large: that of an apology by the Australian Government to its Indigenous peoples, and in particular

336-546: Is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Providence, Rhode Island, United States Meehan, County Westmeath , a townland in St. Mary's civil parish, barony of Brawny, County Westmeath, Ireland Meehan, Wisconsin , unincorporated community, United States See also [ edit ] Meechan , another variation of the surname Mehigan , another variation of the surname McMeekin , another, usually Scottish, variation of

378-547: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation ANTaR was founded in 1997, with co-founder Phil Glendinning remaining National President of the organisation for 10 years. ANTaR was a key supporter and leader in the movement for reconciliation in Australia , which was rooted in the recognition that Indigenous Australians were not being fairly treated in Australia. During

420-707: Is the National President of the National Board, and Paul Wright is National Director. As of October 2021 , Paul Wright is the national director, and Peter Lewis is chair of the board of eight members. Reconciliation in Australia Reconciliation in Australia is a process which officially began in 1991, focused on the improvement of relations between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia and

462-548: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were recognised. In 1997, the Australian Reconciliation Conference was held in Melbourne . In 1999, federal parliament passed a Motion of Reconciliation , as negotiated by Senator Aden Ridgeway and then prime minister John Howard , but it fell short of an apology and opinions on its effectiveness were divided. "Corroboree 2000" was

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504-731: The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia , but ANTaR co-hosted the launch of the 2019 Close the Gap report – Our Choices, Our Voices , prepared by the Lowitja Institute , at a community event at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation in Sydney . June Oscar AO , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Rod Little, Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples , addressed attendees. With

546-732: The Redfern Statement group); and educating the broader community about reconciliation , through ANTaR's "Sea of Hands" program. Meehan was no longer director as of February 2019. From January 2019, ANTaR took over the running of the National Close the Gap Day (NCTGD), after Oxfam Australia had run the event on behalf of the CTG coalition for the previous 10 years. Most of the March 2020 NCTGD public events were cancelled owing to

588-666: The Stolen Generations , after the 1997 Bringing Them Home report had mapped the extent of and ongoing results of the government policy of assimilation in the past, which had included removing Indigenous children from their parents. The Australian Declaration Towards Reconciliation and the Roadmap to Reconciliation were presented to the state premiers , the Governor-General of Australia , Sir William Deane , and Prime Minister John Howard . Many members of

630-546: The Swan River Causeway . Although the walks were organised by Aboriginal people, they were attended by Australians representing all sectors of society and ethnicities. The huge attendances showed that there was increasing public awareness of the need for reconciliation and for a national apology. At the close of CAR's decade of existence, after noting that the biggest obstacles to reconciliation were entrenched disadvantage, discrimination and racism, it published

672-455: The traditional owners of the whole of Australia, and that past injustices that have led to present-day consequences for Indigenous peoples, as well as increasing understanding by non-Indigenous people of Aboriginal peoples' cultures and attachment to country and working to reduce racism in Australia . Practical matters include improving health, education and employment prospects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. However, there

714-603: The 2020 upsurge in Black Lives Matter issues and rallies, including rallies across the country in early June, ANTaR was cited by GQ magazine as one of 12 organisations across the country to donate to, to aid the cause of Indigenous justice. ANTaR is a national network of private individuals, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and other organisations, and engages in public campaigns, lobbying and various other forms of advocacy. It has relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, some of whom are in

756-720: The Act, and the Sea of Hands became recognised as a symbol for reconciliation. In 2014 Andrew Meehan was appointed as national director of ANTaR. In 2017 he said that ANTaR's main priorities were: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality , particularly through the Close the Gap campaign; the high levels of incarceration ; addressing family violence ("Change the Record" campaign); racism ; federal funding for services and programs; proper engagement by government with First Peoples (through

798-580: The Howard government was introducing amendments to the Native Title Act , NIWG provided the national view and ANTaR helped to coordinate a response to the amendments. In 1997 and 1998, native title rights became the focus of a national campaign by ANTaR, with a central project called the Sea of Hands. This was a visual display, with an accompanying statement for which citizens' signatures were collected. The focus shifted after Howard's 1998 amendments to

840-532: The Indigenous walkers were Faith Bandler and Bonita Mabo , widow of land rights campaigner Eddie Mabo , and many members of the Stolen Generations . It was the largest political demonstration in Australian history. An aeroplane wrote "Sorry" in the sky . A memorial plaque was erected at the southern end of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2004 to commemorate the occasion. Similar events took place around

882-424: The audience turned their backs on Howard after he said that it was not the responsibility of the present generation to apologise for past practices . The two documents laid out four strategies, relating to economic independence for Indigenous peoples; overcoming disadvantage; the recognition of rights; and continuing the reconciliation process. A reconciliation canvas was created containing the handprints of all of

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924-532: The concept might mean for Australia: Another area of unresolved conflict involves the Aboriginal people of this country – the first Australians. As a group, they continue to experience the worst health, housing, employment, education, and the greatest poverty and despair. While this situation persists, we can never truly bring this country together. Central to this question is the issue of land rights. A Labor government will not hesitate to use, where necessary,

966-438: The concept of reconciliation is based on "five inter-related dimensions,: race relations, equality and equity, unity, institutional integrity and historical acceptance". Major religious communities in Australia commenced the practice of a Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993, which proved very successful. In 1996 this grew into National Reconciliation Week (NRW), which provides a focus on reconciliation activities across

1008-656: The constitutional powers of the Commonwealth to provide for Aboriginal people to own the land which has for years been set aside for them. Hawke's time in office brought a policy shift around Indigenous Australian self-determination and Indigenous land rights in Australia . The final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was published in April 1991, with one of its recommendations

1050-831: The country on the same day and in subsequent months. The Brisbane walk across the William Jolly Bridge a week later attracted around 60,000 people, while 55,000 people crossed the Torrens River on the King William Street Bridge in Adelaide , and in Hobart they crossed the Tasman Bridge . At the end of the year, the Melbourne event drew 300,000 and in Perth huge crowds crossed

1092-586: The country. The Week occurs each year between two highly symbolic dates: 27 May, the anniversary of the 1967 referendum , and 3 June, or Mabo Day , the date that The Mabo decision was made in the High Court of Australia . National Sorry Day , on 26 May, remembers the anniversary of the day that the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament. The first Reconciliation Day as

1134-660: The development of the Native Title Act 1993 , a number of non-Indigenous organisations and individuals developed a coalition to support Indigenous interests in negotiations about the Act. Following the election of the Howard government , in early 1997 the National Indigenous Working Group on Native Title (NIWG), which consisted of representatives of Aboriginal land councils and equivalent organisations across Australia, called on NGOs around

1176-685: The first person prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission Pat Meehan (born 1955), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Patrick Meehan (1928–1994), British victim of a miscarriage of justice Shana Goldberg-Meehan , an American television producer and television writer Sylvia Meehan , Irish campaigner for the rights of women and older people. Thomas Meehan (botanist) (1826–1901), American botanist Thomas Meehan (writer) (1929-2017), award-winning American writer Tony Meehan (1943–2005), Irish musician Other [ edit ] Meehan Auditorium

1218-645: The initiation of a process of reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. At the time, there was some criticism of the term and concept as a "politically soft option", a replacement for pursuing more concrete aims for justice for Indigenous peoples, such as land rights and a treaty . Another criticism was that the term implies that there was once a state of peaceful co-existence between settlers and Indigenous peoples which would be restored by re -conciliation. The concept of reconciliation includes both practical and symbolic features. It involves recognising and acknowledging that Indigenous peoples are

1260-406: The more controversial recommendations, such as Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians , recognition of Indigenous rights , and setting up structured negotiating processes, instead focusing on the practical aspects, as seen in its Closing the Gap policy framework, which commenced in 2008. The peak body to oversee the continuing process of reconciliation, Reconciliation Australia ,

1302-472: The nation over the coming decade, which would end with the celebration of centenary since the Federation of Australia . Its terms including addressing Aboriginal disadvantage in three key areas: employment, health and economic development, and CAR soon identified eight issues which were essential to the process of reconciliation: Pat Dodson was the first chair of CAR. Several external events influenced

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1344-410: The nation to gauge the level of non-Indigenous support for Australian native title rights . The ANTaR coalition grew out of this. Somewhat differently to most other such movements, ANTaR has not sought to speak for Indigenous Australians; rather, it aims to support Indigenous voices and interests, seeking direction from Indigenous peoples on issues such as policy and legislation that affects them. When

1386-503: The organisation's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group, which provides feedback and direction. It conducts campaigns on a national as well as grassroots level, with over 200 local ANTaR groups. Its headquarters are in Dulwich Hill, New South Wales . The organisation's 2020 financial statement showed that about 91% of its total gross income was derived from donations and bequests . As of July 2020 , Dr Peter Lewis

1428-576: The participating leaders, a highly symbolic act in Aboriginal traditions. As part of Corroboree 2000, on 28 May 2000 over 250,000 people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in solidarity, on the Walk for Reconciliation (AKA Reconciliation Walk or Bridge Walk ), streaming across the bridge from the northern to the southern end for nearly six hours. The event took place as part of Reconciliation Week, and had been planned since 1995. Among

1470-528: The process of reconciliation had risen from 48% to 75–80% of the population over the decade of CAR's existence, although attitudes remained mixed on other issues, and among Indigenous people there was some scepticism that reconciliation could be of any practical value to improving their lives. Within a few years of the dissolution of CAR, the federal government was criticised for undermining the process of reconciliation by removing support structures and aiming to turn public support against reconciliation. It ignored

1512-435: The rest of the population. The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation ( CAR ), created by the government for a term of ten years, laid the foundations for the process, and created the peak body for implementation of reconciliation as a government policy, Reconciliation Australia , in 2001. The first act of reconciliation between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous people followed Lieutenant James Cook 's 1770 landing at

1554-520: The site of modern Cooktown . Cook and his crew had developed a friendly relationship with the local people, recording more than 130 words of their language. However, after the crew refused to share 12 green turtles which they had caught, thus violating local customs, the locals became angry. A Guugu Yimithirr elder stepped in, presenting Cook with a broken-tipped spear as a peace offering, thus preventing an escalation which could have ended in bloodshed. The event has been re-enacted every year since 1959 with

1596-455: The support and participation of many of the local Guugu Yimithirr people. The term first entered the language of politics after the election of Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia in 1983. In opposition before his election, his election campaign had focused on a "national reconciliation, national recovery and national reconstruction", under the slogan "Bringing Australia Together". His speech launching Labor 's campaign explained what

1638-445: The surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Meehan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meehan&oldid=1185156641 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1680-505: The three terms of CAR during its decade of existence. The Mabo case , followed by the Wik decision (1996) led to pastoralists feeling threatened by the possible granting of native title over their land, and lobbied the by then more receptive Howard government to amend the Native Title Act 1993 . The resulting "Wik amendments", along with a huge reduction in funding to ATSIC , damaged cross-party agreement on reconciliation. CAR followed

1722-650: Was established by CAR in January 2001. It remains active, although operates without the statutory framework and resources enjoyed by CAR. It is an independent NGO , mostly funded by the federal government through the National Indigenous Australians Agency , with a large contribution from the BHP Foundation . Other funding comes from other corporate sponsors, private donors, and investments. Reconciliation Australia's vision of

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1764-534: Was general support for the move towards reconciliation, and the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991 was passed on 2 September 1991, to establish the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR), for a limited lifespan of 10 years. The establishment of the council was an acknowledgement of past policies which had done harm to Aboriginal peoples, and its purpose was to guide the process of reconciliation in

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