When I first heard of Reconciliation, like thousands of other Australians, I was sceptical about its intentions. After all, leading the push for Reconciliation was a group entitled the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and I thought ‘why should the Aboriginal people have to reconcile with the white people? Should it not be the other way around—white people having to reconcile with the indigenous people? They were the ones who committed land theft and other atrocities against the Aboriginal people.’ On second thoughts, I realised that both parties would have to meet halfway to make Reconciliation work.