An O’Connor bus stop has been given a facelift by Year 6 Turner Primary School student Noah Yong.
Winning the 2025 Reconciliation Day poster competition, Noah’s mural artwork has been painted on to the O’Connor bus shelter by Noah and Wiradjuri artist Kalara Gilbert.
“My artwork represents the country, water, fauna and community,” says Noah.
“The centre shows First Nations people holding Australia, which includes all the different communities of Aboriginal Australia.”
Kalara Gilbert says:“The equal placement of the Aboriginal and Australian flags reflects unity and respect, while the Aboriginal flag’s precedence acknowledges indigenous peoples as the land’s first custodians. The surrounding patterns I’ve painted represent the journey for justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”
This year’s National Reconciliation Week featured the theme “Bridging Now to Next”, something Noah says was represented in his artwork.
This is the second bus stop in Canberra to be painted in honour of Reconciliation Day.
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