As Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people together
Let us have a sense of importance of the country upon which we are standing
Where learning and ceremony have taken place
Over many thousands of years.
We Acknowledge and respect the country, the skies, the waterways and the spiritual systems of the traditional custodians of this land which we gather on today,
Let us sense the land beneath our feet and acknowledge its custodians.
Let us pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
As they hold the knowledge, language and spiritual connection to this country
For we too are one in Land, one in spirit, one in faith, united in God’s Love.