APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL 30 APRIL
- If you already have a RAP: Log in to access ‘Your RAP’ and follow the prompts to apply for the Awards.
- If you haven’t yet created a RAP: you can do so here and then start your Awards application.
To learn more about the application process, download the Info Kit below and register for our Early Learning or Schools Narragunnawali Awards walk-through webinars.
NOMINATIONS
- Nominate a school or early learning service here and encourage them to apply.
Why apply for the Narragunnawali Awards?
Over the past year schools and early learning services have had to adapt quickly to new methods of providing safe, secure learning environments during COVID-19 combined with some still recovering from community losses due to bushfires and floods.
In the face of all of this, schools and early learning services have remained committed to their critical role in shaping Australia’s reconciliation journey. The Narragunnawali Awards 2021 offer us all the chance to listen to and share these stories.
What are the Narragunnawali Awards?
Held biennially since 2017, the Narragunnawali Awards are the only national awards program that recognises and celebrates Australian schools and early learning services that are implementing outstanding reconciliation initiatives. Finalists are acknowledged for strengthening relationships, building respect, and providing meaningful opportunities in the classroom, around the school or service, and with the community.
There are two categories:
- Schools: this category incorporates primary, secondary, senior secondary and combined schools within the Government, Independent or Catholic sectors.
- Early Learning: this category incorporates early childhood education and care, preschool, family day care and out of school hours care services.
2019 Finalists and Winners
Early Learning Category Schools Category
Winner: Forbes Preschool (NSW) Winner: Maclean High School (NSW)
Finalist: Barefoot Early Childhood (QLD) Finalist: Moolap Primary School (VIC)
Finalist: Tamborine Mountain State School (QLD)
“We were impressed by the calibre and creativity of the nominees this year. The important work that these children, students, teachers and broader communities are doing is part of a broader movement of Australians learning, unlearning and relearning our shared histories in schools and early learning services around the country” – Karen Mundine, CEO Reconciliation Australia
Early Learning Finalists
Winner
Forbes Preschool
Schools Finalists
Winner
Maclean High School
Past Finalists
Judging Panel
Geraldine Atkinson
Bangerang/Wiradjuri
Geraldine Atkinson is a Bangerang/Wiradjuri woman who has devoted her career to expanding the possibilities available to Koorie people through education. Geraldine is President of the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI) and has made a significant impact in the area of early childhood, and has always regarded education as being the best instrument of progress.
Professor Peter Buckskin
Narungga
Professor Peter Buckskin is a Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. For over 40 years Professor Buckskin’s passion has been the pursuit of educational excellence for Aboriginal peoples. Professor Buckskin is Co-Chair of Reconciliation South Australia and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators.
Sharon Davis
Bardi Kija
Sharon Davis is a proud Aboriginal woman, from both the Bardi and Kija peoples of the Kimberley, and is committed to enhancing the education experience for Aboriginal students, families and communities and strengthening Aboriginal education for the benefit of all. Sharon is Director of Education at Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).