The Monash Reconciliation Group (MRG) was formed by residents in 2009 on the invitation of Reconciliation Victoria (Rec Vic) and Monash City Council (Ref. the Rec Vic MRG Formation Letter of April 2009).
Each year the MRG organises local meetings and exhibitions in the City of Monash, an eastern suburb of Melbourne. Typically MRG mounted a Reconciliation Week Exhibition in May – June and a NAIDOC Week exhibition in July at The Highway Gallery in Mount Waverley. MRG also participates in the Reconciliation Eastern Metro (REM) meetings with Reconciliation groups of Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Mullum-Mullum, Nillumbik, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges (previously ‘Casey’). For contacts with these groups check the Reconciliation Victoria web site under the ACT pull-down menu and then select Local Reconciliation Groups. Lower down the page is the listing at http://www.reconciliationvic.org.au/victorian-local-reconciliation-groups
MRG Contacts
The main MRG Web Site: https://monrec.wordpress.com
MRG page on the Monash Council Community Directory web site: https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/Services/Community-Directory/Monash-Reconciliation-Group
Email: mrg2009@live.com.au
Phone: 0412 772 711 or 0417 146 394
Reconciliation Victoria Home http://www.reconciliationvic.org.au/
Resource document Aboriginal links in the City of Monash (PDF)
Monash Council Aboriginal Heritage web site https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/About-Us/Monash-Heritage/Aboriginal-Heritage
Aims of the Group
A few selected photos from past events (click on photos to enlarge)
Clockwise from top left: Opening of the ‘Billabong Dreaming’ schools art exhibition at NAIDOC 2017 by Victorian Education Department representative; Mullum-Mullum Choir at Reconciliation event in 2015 at The Highway Gallery; Workshop and visitors at 2014 NAIDOC Exhibition; Meeting in 2012 at a St Stephen’s church with Anna Burke MP; Young members at MRG Forum in 2014
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