Homelands give Aboriginal people a sense of home and a sense of belonging while contributing to their cultural responsibilities of caring for their country and managing the natural resources of their land and seas.
Extended families in larger towns also frequently visit their homelands to spend restorative time there, reconnecting with their culture and traditional country.
Homelands contribute significantly to Aboriginal people’s overall health, well-being, and importantly, to their thriving art practice and industry.
Strong discipline comes through the spirits of our fathers talking through the land. Spirits are the reason those living on their homelands cannot be moved on other people’s land. The spirits don’t recognise us.
Outside the homelands traditional lawmen have no authority and Aboriginal people would be exposed to and learn the white man’s way with all its threats to Aboriginal culture.
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I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and work on. I extend my respects to Elders, both past, present and emerging; and recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.