On Worimi Country on the NSW Mid North Coast, Karuah Public School’s key driver for reconciliation is acknowledging the legacy of trauma and mistrust caused by government policies that enabled the removal of Aboriginal students from the school to the Karuah Aboriginal Mission school from 1916-1954. Their journey of reconciliation has involved consistent dialogue, vulnerability and respect which has transformed a once-divided community into a more connected and hopeful one. Karuah Public School were highly commended in the Schools Category in the Narragunnawali Reconciliation in Education Awards 2025.ReconciliationAus
