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.