{"id":367633,"date":"2025-12-10T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=367633"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:59:46","slug":"benches-highlight-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/12\/10\/benches-highlight-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Benches Highlight Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_364031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364031\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-364031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250826seats5-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: The benches were unveiled earlier this year &#8230; at back, from left, Cr Deb Dennien, Cr Linda Little, Cr Heath Sander, Cr Tom Langton, Cr Daniel Weazel, Cr Jane Erkens, Cr Danita Potter and Cherbourg CEO Zala Chatur; at front, Deputy Mayor Ros Heit, Mayor Kathy Duff, Mayor Bruce Simpson and Deputy Mayor Gordon Wragge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eight Reconciliation Benches &#8211; unveiled at Cherbourg in August &#8211; have now been positioned around the South Burnett region.<\/p>\n<p>The street benches were commissioned by the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council in a gesture of Reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The benches are located at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg \u2013 The Ration Shed<\/li>\n<li>Murgon \u2013 QEII Park<\/li>\n<li>Proston \u2013 Outside Proston Hall<\/li>\n<li>Wondai \u2013\u00a0 Art Gallery<\/li>\n<li>Kingaroy \u2013 O\u2019Neill Square<\/li>\n<li>Kingaroy \u2013 Glendon Street shared zone<\/li>\n<li>Nanango &#8211; Ringsfield House<\/li>\n<li>Blackbutt \u2013 Next to the skate park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The benches were made at the Cherbourg Joinery and decorated by local artist Maurice Mickelo.<\/p>\n<p>A unique artwork was created for each seat.<\/p>\n<p>They also feature a QR code that is linked to both the South Burnett and Cherbourg councils&#8217; websites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Reconciliation Chairs are a deeply meaningful recognition of our first Indigenous business owner in Murgon, Tyrone Murray, who felt the hurt and unfairness when the chair outside his barbershop was removed,&#8221; Cherbourg Mayor Bruce Simpson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, these chairs stand not just as symbols across the South Burnett but as reminders of unity, forgiveness, equity and the social change we are committed to. They call us to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, in the true spirit of reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the project was secured in a joint grant by the Cherbourg and South Burnett councils.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/08\/27\/get-up-stand-up-sit-down\/\">Get Up, Stand Up, Sit Down! <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight Reconciliation Benches &#8211; unveiled at Cherbourg in August &#8211; have now been positioned around the South Burnett region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":364031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Benches Highlight Reconciliation - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eight Reconciliation Benches - 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