'Welcome to Country' Traditional Indigenous ceremony

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Published on Feb 12, 2008

A traditional welcome to country by Indigenous elders has been held in federal Parliament for the first time, ahead of tomorrow's formal apology to the Stolen Generations. Ngambri-Ngunnawal elder Matilda House Williams says the 'Welcome to Country' acknowledges her people and their ancestors.


The Stolen Generation is a term used to describe the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, who were removed from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions, under various state acts of parliament, denying the rights of parents and making all Aboriginal children wards of the state, between approximately 1869 and 1969. The policy typically involved the removal of children into internment camps, orphanages and other institutions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_g...

This is a mix from the speech and ceremony.
Not my usual stuff... but historic for the Australian Indigenous People

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