Welcome to Country

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noun

a land acknowledgment ceremony performed in Australia before many public events, in which a greeting is offered by a representative of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander group indigenous to the area where the event is taking place.

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Welcome to Country

The ceremony was opened by a First Nations Elder, Aunty Violent Sheridan, who made a traditional Welcome to Country, and remembered Queen Elizabeth as a mother and grandmother.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2022

Fast forward 70 years and the King's proclamation ceremony in Canberra started with an Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremony, as is commonplace for events now.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022

Following that, Uncle John Graham gives a Welcome to Country after talking about his people’s ancestral lands.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2018

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