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Heal Country! – calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect, and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.

Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Exploring Naidoc 2021 Theme of "Healing Country' and three ways that you can help

The ailing Murray-Darling River system is almost constantly in the news but we hear very little from the people who’ve cared for this country and its water for millennia. To make people aware of the environmental disasters from their point of view, Aboriginal elders, custodians and others from the Basin’s waterways offered an open invitation to their water healing ceremony at the birthplace of the Murrumbidgee River. Featuring Richard Swain- Wiradjuri man and Alpine river guide Wayne Thorpe - Gunai elder, educator and tribal custodian from Lake Tyres Sue Bulger - Walgalu traditional owner of the headwaters of the Murray Max Harrison - Uncle Max is a Yuin elder, writer and educator Major'Moogy' Sumner – Uncle Moogy is a Ngarrindjeri elder from the Coorong Bruce Pascoe – writer, editor and publisher Rhonda Casey – Ngarigo woman from the Snowy Mountains Kevin Dean Whyman – Paakantyi man from Wilcannia

Researching the 1934 shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokununna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry, McKenna spoke with the families of both killer and victim, unearthing new evidence that transformed the historical record and the meaning of the event for today. ‘Every thread of the story connected to the present in surprising ways.’ In a sequence of powerful revelations, McKenna explores what truth-telling and reconciliation look like in practice.