We honour Elders past and present — especially the older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, whose voices echo through generations with wisdom, strength, and love.
As an organisation committed to equity, dignity, and the visibility of all older women, we stand in solidarity with First Nations women in their calls for voice, recognition, and justice. We acknowledge the enduring impacts of colonisation, dispossession, and systemic racism, and we commit to listening, learning, and acting in ways that centre Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, leadership, and sovereignty.
Reconciliation is not a moment, but a shared journey of truth-telling, healing, and justice.
We honour the strength of older Indigenous women who carry the stories, languages, and spirit of their ancestors. Their leadership — often quiet but powerful — holds families and communities together and shows us the meaning of dignity, resistance, and hope.
Through the violence of colonisation, the pain of dispossession, and the burden of systemic injustice, they have held firm — preserving culture, raising generations, and leading with grace.
We commit ourselves to walking gently and with purpose alongside our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sisters.
We will lift up their stories, learn from their leadership, and stand with them in the ongoing fight for justice, recognition, and healing.
This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
Older Women’s Network NSW
The Older Women’s Network in NSW believes in a society rich in social capital, where mutual respect and trust are paramount, where diversity and debate are valued and where people and their networks have a legitimate voice.
CONTACT US
Older Women’s Network NSW
8-10 Victoria Street,
Newtown NSW 2042, Australia.
+61 – 2 – 9519 8044
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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
OWN NSW supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the call for a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling.