Acknowledgement of Country Serena Rae
The People of Colour Department pays their respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, study, and create this publication, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty of this land has never been ceded. We would like to further extend that respect to all the First Nation people who have contributed to Myriad and our department, who are a part of this university not by accident but by the pure will of their ancestors past. We acknowledge the ongoing connections to Country - Country that we occupy as Settlers - the communities and family that some are in the process of regaining and to all the loss that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have endured simply to survive. We encourage all of you who are not Sovereign Owners of this land to keep in mind the true history of this land. Remember and pay homage to the violence that has been inflicted and the ongoing battle that continues today in the form of deaths in custody, removal of children, cultural theft, and institutionalised racism. We advocate that whilst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still live, breathe and thrive on this Country their sovereignty cannot be bequeathed or passed on. This always was, and always will be, the land of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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