1/12Paul McLaughlin of Bowen Collinsville Enterprise and Lynn Smart of North Queensland Bulk Ports at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
GALLERY: National Reconciliation Week celebrations in Bowen
Hosted by North Queensland Bulk Ports and the NRL Cowboys, an event at Bowen’s Grand View Hotel invited business and community leaders to consider how they could ‘take action’ towards reconciliation.
2/12Juru junior dancers performing at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
3/12Juru junior dancers performing at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
4/12Paul Crack of NQBP, Stephen Darwen of Bowen Collinsville Enterprise, and Paul Hillery of Bowen Industrial Hire at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
5/12John-Ryan Davis, Mick Guthrie, and Paul Chambers of V2R Projects at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
6/12NQBP chairman Brad Fish, Whitsunday Mayor Andrew Willcox and wife Raylene Willcox, and (standing) Karenne Williams of Bowen State School at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
7/12NQBP CEO Nicolas Fertin and NRL Cowboys House general manager Rochelle Jones present Bowen State School's Karenne Williams with a signed Indigenous Round Cowboys jersey at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
8/12Tony Mooney of NQBP and Whitsunday Deputy Mayor Mike Brunker at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
9/12Gilmour Space Technologies engineer Luke Jacobs and NQBP engineer Steve Della Mattea at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
10/12NQBP's General Manager of Infrastructure and Land Operations Tim Lewis and Principal Asset Manager John Hinschen at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
11/12Jessica Vakameilalo of Juru Land Management and NQBP CEO Nicolas Fertin at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
12/12Christene Roney of Juru Enterprise Ltd and Whitsunday Regional Cr Michelle Wright at the Reconciliation in Action event at Grand View Hotel, Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes.
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