To Traditional Owners

"We would like to acknowledge and extend our appreciation for the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples of the Wotjobaluk Nations, the traditional owners of the land that we live, play and work on and all other lands represented. We recognise that these lands have always been places of healing, learning and caring for elders. We pay our respects to leaders and Elders past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of all Indigenous Peoples. We express our gratitude in sharing of this land, our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of that sharing and our hope that we may walk forward together in harmony and in the spirit of healing."