There wasn't a dry eye in the crowd when Giwangallani Mendez Williams sang They Took the Children Away.
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Her performance was one of many highlights at the Reconciliation Week celebration at Oak Flats High School on Wednesday.
The bonds between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures were also highlighted at the special event.
Students from the high school and the Oak Flats Community of Schools (Balarang Public School, Oak Flats Public School and Albion Park Rail Public School) also joined in the celebration.
Musical and dance items celebrated reconciliation and highlighted the schools' support of the indigenous community.
Students also took part in a variety of traditional Indigenous sports and Aboriginal elders got a taste of what high school life is like in 2019.
Staff and students also created a vast Sea of Hands, allowing community members to write positive messages of reconciliation on them.
Oak Flats High School principal Angela Byron said the school was recognising the past and working towards the future in an effort to celebrate connections between people in the community.
"Today is about acknowledging our shared history as Australians which hasn't always been positive, and working together to create a better future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian," Ms Byron said.
"Schools have a significant role to play in closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in education and health outcomes.
"Reconciliation Day is a time for all of us to come together as a school community and show our commitment to this important national movement.
"I am proud of the way in which Oak Flats High School students and teachers embrace the idea of social justice and are showing their support for Reconciliation."