Objects of Substance - Reconciliation Round Boots

the players, as they were able to watch other sides play, see the different styles undertaken but also build friendships with other players that they may never have had the opportunity to do. This is one day in the Touch calendar that I now look forward to the most’ (Morrow, email 8/10/23). Violet Miall (12E) remembered: ‘The 2023 Reconciliation Round was an experience that greatly impacted me as one of the 2023 Touch Captains. Bringing together all QGSSSA teams at Whites Hill Reserve was a concept that demonstrated the significance of unity as well as building a better nation. Furthermore, playing at a single venue highlighted the competition’s togetherness and the shared commitment to fostering understanding and respect among all Australians.’ ‘Over the last three years, Indigenous students at St Aidan’s have taken an initiative to gift their opposition some artwork, to celebrate and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, and cultures. Personally, receiving a painted tou ch football boot from St Aidan’s served as an important reminder that reconciliation is not just a word, but a series of meaningful actions’ (Miall, email 9/10/23).

2023 Grammar Touch players Charlotte Parker, Chloe Burke and Touch Captain, Violet Miall, receive the boot from St Aidan’s While the official ceremony and presentation of reconciliation artwork by Australian traditional and contemporary artist, Leah Cummins of Bunya Design, commissioned by QGSSSA, was held at Whites Hill, Girls Grammar Football Captains at Rangakarra, and Basketball Captains at Centenary State High School, received their boots from St Aidan’s captains. Football captains, Georgina Gothard (12W) and Eloise Rawlinson (12B), commented: ‘The painted boot we received from St Aidan’s Football Captains was not only a beautiful piece of artwork painted by their own students, but it was also a way of promoting cohesion between our schools. We were honoured to be presented with it and, in turn, present it to our Principal, Ms Euler’ (Gothard and Rawlinson, email 2/10/23).