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 * The Statement
   * View The Statement
   * Translations
 * The Voice
   * What is The Voice
   * Voice FAQs
 * History
   * The Dialogues
   * The Journey So Far
   * Our Story
   * Yarrabah Affirmation
 * Education
   * Start a Yarn
   * In Conversation
   * Resources
   * Training
   * News
 * Take Action
   * Write To Your MP
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THE STATEMENT

 

As the largest consensus of First Nations peoples on a proposal for substantive
recognition in Australian history, the road to the Uluru Statement from the
Heart is a long one even without mentioning the decades of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander activism that came before it.

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ULURU STATEMENT FROM
THE HEART

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WE, GATHERED AT THE 2017 NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, COMING FROM ALL
POINTS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY, MAKE THIS STATEMENT FROM THE HEART:


Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign
Nations of the Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it
under our own laws and customs. This our ancestors did, according to the
reckoning of our culture, from the Creation, according to the common law from
‘time immemorial’, and according to science more than 60,000 years ago.


This sovereignty is spiritual notion: the ancestral tie between the land, or
‘mother nature’, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were
born therefrom, remain attached thereto, and must one day return thither to be
united with our ancestors. This link is the basis of the ownership of the soil,
or better, of sovereignty. It has never been ceded or extinguished, and
co-exists with the sovereignty of the Crown.


How could it be otherwise? That peoples possessed a land for sixty millennia and
this sacred link disappears from world history in merely the last two hundred
years?


With substantive constitutional change and structural reform, we believe this
ancient sovereignty can shine through as a fuller expression of Australia’s
nationhood.


Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an
innately criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at
unprecedented rates. This cannot be because we have no love for them. And our
youth languish in detention in obscene numbers. They should be our hope for the
future.


These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our
problem. This is the torment of our powerlessness.


We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place
in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will
flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their
country.


We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the
Constitution.


Makarrata is the culmination of our agenda: the coming together after a
struggle. It captures our aspirations for a fair and truthful relationship with
the people of Australia and a better future for our children based on justice
and self-determination.


We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making
between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history.


In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and
start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a
movement of the Australian people for a better future.

 


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Professor Megan Davis, member of the Referendum Council, reads out the Uluru
Statement from the Heart for the first time in history on the floor of the First
Nations Constitutional Convention.

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HISTORY

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See the timeline of events since the invasion of our land in 1770. Learn from
the history to understand the importance of The Uluru Statement from the Heart
for present and future generations of Australians.

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THE DIALOGUES


THE FORMATION OF THE REFERENDUM COUNCIL

The Referendum Council was appointed in 2015 by then Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull and the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten. Its purpose was to
advise on progress toward a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution.

The Council held First Nations Regional Dialogues across Australia to discuss
constitutional recognition with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Dialogues were a series of meetings between December 2016 and May 2017. The
purpose was to reach an agreement on how to formally ‘recognise’ First Nations
people in the Constitution. The Dialogues also provided an opportunity to
discuss, understand and prioritise options for recognition.

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THE ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART

 

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to the Australian people
from First Nations Australians. It asks Australians to walk together to build a
better future by establishing a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in
the Constitution, and the establishment of a Makarrata Commission for the
purpose of treaty making and truth-telling.

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THE STATEMENT

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THE VOICE

What Is The Voice FAQs

HISTORY

The Dialogues The Journey So Far Our Story Yarrabah Affirmation

EDUCATION

Start A Yarn In Conversation Resources Training News

TAKE ACTION

Write to your MP Supporter Kit Merchandise Donate Uluru Youth Network



ABOUT US

Who We Are Our People Contact Us



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