Tag #Indigenous Australia

How did the Acknowledgement of Country ceremony emerge and evolve, and what role did organizations like the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation play in its formalization?

The Acknowledgement of Country, formalized in the 1990s, is viewed differently across Indigenous communities. While some, like Ms. Jamieson, see it as an artificial construct, others, including Yawarllaayi/Gomeroi elder Barbara Flick Nicol, view it as a formalization of pre-existing customary practices of acknowledging the land and its traditional owners. This difference in perspective highlights the diversity of Indigenous Australian cultures and their relationship with the formal ceremony.