Australia's peak body for reconciliation will provide information and resources in more than 10 languages in addition to English ahead of National Reconciliation Week in May.
Information and posters have been produced in Arabic, Greek, Italian, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese, which will be made available at this weekend's National Multicultural Festival on Ngunnawal country.
Reconciliation Australia chief executive, Karen Mundine, said participation of multilingual Australian communities are critical to reconciliation efforts.
"We are committed to ensuring that culturally and linguistically diverse communities can understand more about Australia's reconciliation movement and are able to be better informed of our shared history," Ms Mundine said.
The organisation has previously developed Reconciliation Week resources in multiple languages.
In the 2021 census, more than half of Australia's residents were either themselves or have at least one parent born overseas.
Data also showed 5.8 million people, or 22.8 per cent, of respondents spoke a language other than English at home.
Among first generation Australians, this figure was at close to 80 per cent.
In 2023, Ms Mundine said there were strong indications migrant communities supported "First Nations aspirations including those addressed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart".
"It is essential that Australia's migrant communities understand our history and are able to make properly informed decisions about voting in the upcoming referendum," she said in April 2023.
"Young Asian, Arab, Pasifika, and African-Australians have been a growing presence at Survival Day protests across the country, and peak migrant organisations such as the Federation of Ethnic Community Councils (FECCA) have strongly endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart."
Ahead of the referendum, a survey by migrant settlement agency Adult Multicultural Education Services (AMES) Australia found newly arrived migrants and refugees are more likely to support the Voice to Parliament the more they understood.
The Australian Electoral Commission made the referendum booklet available in more than 30 diverse languages.
Reconciliation Australia plan to broaden the number of languages used in their information provided in the coming weeks.
"This year's National Reconciliation Week theme: Bridging Now to Next reflects the ongoing connection between past, present, and future," Ms Mundine said.
"The future of reconciliation must include a greater participation from multilingual Australian communities."
