A Wurundjeri Elder and knowledge holder with direct ties to Aboriginal rights and justice leader and artist William Barak - widely known as the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe - has shared family history with her local community celebrating Reconciliation Week.

At Melton City Council's annual flag raising event on Wednesday, Aunty Karen Jones addressed the community hall as keynote speaker with special reverence for her ancestors, and their experience with displacement, colonisation and missions.

Aunty Karen said her nan, Julie Jones - known culturally as Bullum Bullum (White Butterfly), rarely spoke of her status as a "Wurundjeri princess" in wider circles during her lifetime.

Bullum Bullum remains an important figure in a family tie Aunty Karen said is fortunate to have largely avoided being separated from country through the Stolen Generations and maintain a strong connection to their traditional lands.

Speaking with National Indigenous Times, Aunty Karen said she reflects on her Nan and Pop, a non-Indigenous man, and when considering what Reconciliation means to her.

"When they got married their marriage made news headlines," Aunty Karen said.

"So to me reconciliation doesn't just stem from one week a year. It goes back to that time for me, in 1938. But also to my other family, and also, for me as well with my partner, who's not an Aboriginal person.

"It shouldn't just be reserved for one week of the year to just acknowledge it. It's every day for me; sharing stories, connections to country and broader issues as well."

Aunty Karen, who lives just outside Melbourne, took the opportunity to make a rare public address about her family within the community she calls home.

She said she always feels at peace walking in the footsteps of her ancestors - with a Wurundjeri "headquarters" Mount Macedon in close vicinity.

"I do feel like I am walking in the footsteps of my ancestors every single day. I feel it, spiritually feel it. I feel it spiritually through being able to tell my Nan's stories," Aunty Karen said.

Palawa didgeridoo player Ganga Giri took to the stage at the start of proceedings before the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were raised at the front of Council at Wednesday's event.

Aunty Julieanne Axford delivered the Welcome to Country ceremony.

Kokatha and Gunditjmara songman Dave Arden saw the crowd out in the afternoon.

Local Aboriginal Corporation Kirrip justice worker and Gomeroi man Andrew McDermott said it was a positive showing to have community members of all backgrounds come together for the day.

"I had one of my grandkids here today from one of the schools here so it was good for her to actually see. I think it's a good thing to come together," he told National Indigenous Times.

Aunty Karen said "we've come a long way" with reconciliation, self-determination and Treaty efforts - in Victoria, but the need to move into a "new era" and "continue to push ahead".