We recognise the deep and continuous connection to Country of First Nations Peoples. In doing so, we acknowledge the First Nations Peoples of the Dharawal and Dhurga language groups of the Shoalhaven and Jervis Bay Territory as the Rightful Custodians of the lands, skies, seas and waterways with which we coexist.
We acknowledge their sustainable stewardship of the land since time immemorial.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
We acknowledge that First Nations sovereignty has never been ceded – and that consequently, we are on stolen land.
We acknowledge the ongoing adverse impacts that colonisation has on the lives, Culture and Country of First Nations Peoples.
