Acknowledgement of Country
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY IN GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE
Ngiyaa junga-ngarraanga yaam wajaarr,
We acknowledge the land,
wurunggam gala ngarlu-wiinyjarr
the freshwater and saltwater
Ngiyambandi Bularri-Gamambula-nyaarr
of the First Nations People
wajaada ngiyaa gawbarring,
on which we are gathered,
ngarrayngga wajaarr-gundi,
and the carers of the land,
Gumbaynggirr
the Gumbaynggirr,
Bundjalung
the Bundjalung
gala Yaegl gamiiga.
and the Yaegl nations.
Ngiyaami ngarraanga yaamgu
We pay our respects
ngarrangga guuyu gala nyamigaygal
to their elders
jalumbaw, ngaygayga,
past and present,
yaam ngiyambandi,
and we recognise that this is,
yaamga, gala yilaa yidaa
was, and always will be
ngarrayn wajaarr.
their land.