00:00 I would like to acknowledge the original custodians of our land, the Gadigal people of the Eora
00:07 nation and pay my respects to the elders both past and present.
00:11 There's a growing movement for us to improve the way we deliver an acknowledgement of country.
00:17 We touch the ground of the Wongol land, we reach for the sky of the Wongol land.
00:23 There's a lot of people today consider it as like housekeeping, you know, like it's
00:28 a thing that we have to do at the beginning of a thing or at the bottom of an email to
00:32 show our respect.
00:33 Rhys Paddock co-founded Acknowledge This and is travelling the country delivering
00:39 Acknowledgement of Country workshops.
00:42 Acknowledge This aspires to help people connect to the concepts that lie behind the words
00:47 when delivering an Acknowledgement of Country.
00:49 This place, this is me and you on Yaga A Toorabo country.
01:03 This place is Ngaam.
01:06 In Woiwurrung Nulu it means place.
01:10 And this place here is Galmurrgan.
01:14 It's a Larrakia word for our land.
01:16 An example of an Acknowledgement of Country I think is just moving away from what the
01:26 words is that I think I'm supposed to say and just really creating a sense of presence
01:31 and going what is it right now in this moment that is relevant to people and place because
01:35 acknowledging country at the very core is only about acknowledging people and place.
01:40 We acknowledge our ancestors.
01:42 We acknowledge our elders who have gone before us.
01:45 And those who stand for us today.
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01:56 (whooshing)
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