Reconciliation week was marked with a celebration in Katherine yesterday.
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Most people kept to the shade in “50 Cent Park” to hear speeches from the local Stolen Generation group, Katherine MLA Sandra Nelson and Katherine Town Council.
There was a particular emphasis on the 20th anniverary of the Bringing Them Home report.
Researchers estimate one in four Indigenous people in Katherine are homeless.
Each year the Prime Minister releases a Closing the Gap report, which tracks the progress in bridging the divide in education, mortality and employment between white and Indigenous Australians.
This year the report showed limited progress in many efforts to improve the wellbeing of the first Australians.
Aboriginal Australians are more likely to die earlier, less likely to have a job, and not be able to read and write as well as non-Indigenous counterparts.
In Katherine on Friday, residents were able to enjoy a barbecue, free water bottles, watermelon and an enormous cake to mark the day and the continuation of the struggle.