PREMIUM News Echuca-Moama gathers for Reconciliation Week By Georgia Rossiter May 30, 2022 Reconciliation Week begins: Uncle Rick Ronan with State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. Photo by Steve Huntley One step at a time: Uncle Rick Ronan and Njernda chief executive Tracey Dillon raise the Australian flag while Campaspe Shire’s deputy mayor Colleen Gates raises the Aboriginal flag. Photo by Steve Huntley Learning: Moama Anglican Grammar students Charlotte Bowler, Grace Andrews-Burton, Jaymi Clancy and Dylan Scoble with Uncle Rick Ronan. Photo by Steve Huntley Crowd: Residents gather to acknowledge Reconciliation Week. Photo by Steve Huntley Community leaders: Acting Inspector Damian Keegan, deputy mayor Colleen Gates and State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh all came out for the ceremony and made speeches. Photo by Steve Huntley Gathered: A large crowd gathered at Hopwood Gardens to acknowledge the beginning of Reconciliation Week. Photo by Steve Huntley Asking for positive changes: Campaspe Shire’s Cr Rob Amos, deputy mayor Colleen Gates, Uncle Rick Ronan, Njernda chief executive Tracey Dillon, Cr Leanne Pentreath and Acting Inspector Damian Keegan. Photo by Steve Huntley By Georgia Rossiter Shepparton News journalist
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