Acknowledgment of Country Resources

FOR GENERAL GATHERINGS AND PRINTING

 The Wellspring Community acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the over 300 nations of Aboriginal peoples across these lands now called Australia. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present, and future. We declare that sovereignty has never been ceded.   

We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and its three central calls of Voice, Treaty, and Truth and acknowledge it as a foundational document for justice for First Nations peoples in these lands. We acknowledge that the continuation of the cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are an essential part of the culture and soul of this nation. 

FOR ZOOM Gatherings

The Wellspring Community of Australia acknowledges Country. As we come together virtually online, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the over 300 nations of Aboriginal peoples across these lands now called Australia, especially those on whose land each of us are today. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present, and future. You may wish to add in the chat who the Traditional Custodians are on the land on which you sit for this zoom meeting and share the name of an Elder. 

We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and its three central calls of Voice, Treaty, and Truth and acknowledge it as a foundational document for justice for First Nations peoples in these lands now called Australia. We acknowledge that the continuation of the cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are an essential part of the culture and soul of this nation. 

To any Aboriginal peoples with us we acknowledge you and pay respects to your Country and to any Torres Strait Islander peoples we acknowledge you and pay respects to your Island (if you know the Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait person/peoples in attendance you should name them and their Country/Island). We declare that sovereignty has never been ceded.

SHORTER VERSION FOR ENEWS & EMAILS

The Wellspring Community acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the over 300 nations of Aboriginal peoples across these lands now called Australia. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present, and future. We declare that sovereignty has never been ceded.