Reconciliation action plan

Welcome to Country

The ANU policy on Welcome to Country is outlined in the ANU Reconciliation Action Plan. It states that 100 per cent of ANU public events begin with an acknowledgement of traditional owners, including those events without Indigenous-specific content or Indigenous speakers.

At this stage there are no formal arrangements in place for a Welcome to Country and all Welcome to Country ceremonies have been suspended until further notice.

Acknowledgement of Country is still important to the ANU and as such the following wording is suggested for all ANU events:

'We acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose traditional lands we meet, and pay our respects to the elders of the Ngunnawal people past and present

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