welcome to country
noun[Cusually singular]
(alsoWelcome to Country)uk/ˌwel.kəm tə ˈkʌn.tri/us/ˌwel.kəm tə ˈkʌn.tri/inAustralia, aceremonyorformalstatementat aneventin which animportantpersonamong theindigenouspeopleof theareawhere theeventis takingplace(= those wholivedthere andownedthelandbefore Europeans came)welcomesothersto thearea:
It was the firstsittingof the Australianparliamentto beopenedwith anAboriginalwelcometocountry.
AboriginalElder Auntie Carolperformedthe Welcome to Country onbehalfof thelocalpeople.
See also
acknowledgement of country
- Anelderof the Ngambripeople, said on thatoccasion: "Awelcometocountryacknowledgesourpeopleandpaysrespecttoourancestors'spiritswho havecreatedthelands".
- Thewelcometocountryandacknowledgementof thehistoryof the Gurindji and Darugpeopleis anintegralpartof manyeventsin the Hornsbyarea.
- It was good toseemembersof alocalAboriginalcommunitypresent, whoopenedproceedingswith a very goodwelcometocountry.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- the Raj