Over recent years, organisations, government agencies and businesses have implemented protocols to recognise and pay respects to the original inhabitants of Australia, in accordance with the ongoing reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Within Australia, there are two traditional widespread protocols used:
The following information about the traditional custodians of Gold Coast Country was taken from the Yugambeh Museum Language & Research Centre.
“The Yugambeh language people are the traditional custodians of the land located in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, now within the Logan City, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, and Tweed City regions whose ancestors all spoke one or more dialects of the Yugambeh Language.”
We acknowledge and pay respect to the land and the traditional families of the Yugambeh region of South East Queensland and their Elders past, present and emerging.
The Yugambeh region includes families that identify as Kombumerri, Mununjali, Wangerriburra and others.
LWC24 acknowledge the original inhabitants of this area, including the Yugambeh people and family groups within, and recognise their connection to the land, waters and resources in the area now known as the Gold Coast. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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