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The format varies; it may include a welcome speech, a traditional dance, and/or smoking ceremony. Sydney, Australia's New Year's Eve fireworks show has incorporated a Welcome to Country since the 2015–16 event to acknowledge the territory of Port Jackson as territory of the Cadigal, Gamaragal, and Wangal bands of the Eora people. This ...
According to the National Museum of the American Indian, it is a traditional practice that dates back centuries in many Indigenous cultures. [2] [dubious – discuss] The modern practice of land acknowledgements began in Australia in the late 1970s, taking the form of the Welcome to Country ceremony, and was at first primarily associated with Indigenous political movements and the arts.
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Joy Murphy Wandin AO is an Indigenous Australian, Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin alliance in Victoria, Australia.She has given the traditional welcome to country greeting at many Melbourne events and to many distinguished visitors where she says in the Woiwurrung language "Wominjeka Wurundjeri Balluk yearmenn koondee bik" ("Welcome to the land of the Wurundjeri people").
Land acknowledgement is an element of Welcome to Country and not a separate activity. The connection to land involves culture, spirituality, language, law/lore, kin relationships and identity - this is from the "Welcome to Country" article. Whiteguru 22:58, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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