The Sea of Hands is a prominent Australian symbol used to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights, justice and reconciliation. Each hand is planted in the ground to show support for First Peoples. The final result is a powerful installation representing a united people in solidarity with First Peoples.

The first Sea of Hands was held on the 12th of October 1997, outside Parliament House in Canberra, where 70,000 people protested in opposition to the Howard Government’s proposed amendments to the Native Title Act of 1993. Since then the Sea of Hands installations have been used to symbolise solidarity with First Peoples across Australia.

Today, almost 400,000 Australians have put their signatures on a hand in the Sea of Hands and created thousands of installations.

Join the Sea of Hands movement to show your support for justice, land rights and respect for First Peoples today!  

Hold your own Sea of Hands event

Want to have a Sea of Hands installation at your work, school or business? You can hire the Sea of Hands for National Close the Gap Day, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC Week, to launch or promote a Reconciliation Action Plan, or at any time throughout the year to support reconciliation and show solidarity.

Whether you are looking to hire a few Hands or thousands of Hands, click the button below to find out more and organise an installation today.