Celebrating culture

On Tuesday, 22 August, we celebrated the endorsement of our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and unveiled our RAP artwork at The Hayesbery.

It was a moving event and an important milestone in our reconciliation journey.

In building an environment for authentic and positive change Goodman's people in Australia participated in an indigenous food workshop for our people in Sydney curated by chef Matt Atkins, a Malyangapa and Barkindji Wiimpitja of far North-Western NSW, living on Dharug Country.

Be a Voice for Generations.

As part of Reconciliation Week 2023, our team spent time learning about shared histories and immersing in First Nations Peoples culture.

We listened to stories from our Foundation partners Clontarf Foundation, St Kilda Next Generation Academy and FareShare. Together we made Meals for the Mob, engaged in Indigenous painting workshops and enjoyed native Australia foods.

Goodman marked the start of construction of Metcash's new Victorian distribution centre at RBR Hub in Truganina, with a smoking ceremony performed by traditional owners of the land, the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.

In April 2022 we held a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony at Eumemmerring Business Park in Victoria. Delivered by Bunurong Elders of South-Eastern Kulin Nation to cleanse and help prepare the site for construction, it also marked the beginning of an important relations between Goodman and the Bunurong community.

Prior to works commencing at Rosebery Engine Yards, a smoking ceremony was held on Tuesday 8 November 2022 to cleanse the site and acknowledge the traditional owners of the land.

Delivered by Brendan Kerin from the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council, this ceremony represents an important milestone in Reconciliation, acknowledging the traditional owners of the land - the Gadigal people - and offers a spiritual and physical cleansing of this site.

To mark National Reconciliation Week, our flagship workspace The Hayesbery on Gadigal land was cleansed on 28 June 2022. A Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country was performed by Uncle Allen Madden and Raymond Weatherall from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council to mark the event.

Together with La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council and Taylor Constructions, Goodman welcomed Leslie McLeod, a Yuin, Dharawal and Ngarigo custodian and loreman and Daniel Ella, a Yuin, Dharawal loreman and firekeeper, to perform a welcome to country smoking ceremony and ochre blessing. Ashes from the ceremony were buried on site, and some have been held to be buried upon project completion.