It also compliments the present national vision of the Council for Australian Reconciliation. A united Australia which represents this land of ours, values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and provides justice and equity for all. The island mat represents both my culture and my community. I believe the island mat also represents community. The Collins dictionary defines community as a group of people living together and having interests, work, religion, etc in common.
Community is people and people are community.
There are many interpretations of the process to reconciliation. Restoration implies an estrangement or alienation has taken place and demands a healing process. We haven't done anything wrong. This narrow focus on the present denies the injustice and wrongs created in the past. The past has contributed to moulding our present and influencing our future.