VENUE: MARIE REAY TEACHING CENTRE, ANU

The Marie Reay Teaching Centre is located within the Australian National University (ANU). Named in honour of Marie Reay, a trailblazer in education and a staunch advocate for quality teaching, this state-of-the-art facility embodies her commitment to nurturing intellectual growth and fostering academic achievement. The Center provides a dynamic venue that is a facility for both students and outside events.

LOCATION: CANBERRA

Canberra is one of the world’s great national capitals, and one of the few planned cities on earth. The Ngunnawal people are the traditional custodians with the name Canberra stemming from the Ngunnawal word Kamberra which means ’meeting place’. Canberra showcases the diverse history of our country and is home to the Australian Story. It is a city of over 450,000 people and is geographically nestled between the Snowy Mountains and Australia’s high country and the pristine beaches of Australia’s east coast.

Canberra is the home to the Federal Parliament of Australia which sat in Canberra for the first time in 1927. It is also home to many other important national institutions such as the judiciary, defence and intelligence agencies, the International diplomatic community, and world-ranking universities such as the Australian National University.

Canberra has more attractions than any other Australian capital city, with an array of world class museums, galleries and institutions housing some of the most valuable of Australia’s artworks, war memorabilia, documents, publications, archives, music and sound recordings.

Many of the most significant attractions are located on either side of Lake Burley Griffin. These include Parliament House, the Museum of Australian Democracy, the National Library of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, the High Court of Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the Australian National Botanical Gardens, the National Museum of Australia and the National Archive of Australia.

The Canberra as a Restorative City vision is to grow the ACT as a safe and connected community where relationships are valued, problems are solved jointly, and every person is treated with respect, care and dignity. This makes Canberra a fitting location of the International Contemporary Restorative Practice Conference in 2024.