SoulAdventure encourages all retreat hosts to Acknowledge Country. Show respect for the Traditional Custodians of the lands you visit.
Know the stewardship lineage of your venue. This awareness is the first step in reintegrating people and planet in reciprocal relationship.
Acknowledging Country takes a minute. Your guests feel the difference.
Name the First Peoples of the place where your guests gather.
Learn who has cared for this land and how their custodianship continues today.
Listen to First Nations peoples, learn from them and support their work.
Choose the version for your location. Replace the placeholder with the name of the local people. Speak from the heart and adjust the words to suit you.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and skies now known as Australia. We pay particular respect to the [insert local nation/s] people, on whose Country we live, work and gather.
Sovereignty was never ceded. Their custodianship of Country is unbroken and continues today. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
We honour Elders past and present. We commit to listening to, learning from and walking alongside First Nations peoples in caring for Country.
We acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have cared for these lands, waters and skies since time immemorial, the [insert name of local peoples], whose connection to this place and custodianship of these lands live on. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to the knowledge they hold for the living Earth.
Wherever you are, pause and honour the First Peoples of the place where you stand. Join us in learning from and supporting their custodianship of the land.
Research the Traditional Custodians of your venue before you arrive. Ask your venue host and local Aboriginal or Indigenous organisations.
Read your acknowledgement aloud on day one. Say the name of the people and the place.
Add your acknowledgement to your retreat page and your welcome emails.
Read First Nations voices, buy from First Nations artists and back First Nations led work.
Ngungwulah Aboriginal Corporation shares guidance on Acknowledging Country, cultural training and ways to support First Nations communities.
Visit Ngungwulah