2019 NAIDOC ,VOICE. TREATY. TRUTH Tapestry

The Indigenous voice of this country is over 65,000 plus years old. They are the first words spoken on this continent. Languages that passed down lore, culture, and knowledge for over millennia. They are precious to our nation. It’s that Indigenous voice that includes know-how, practices, skills, and innovations - found in a wide variety of contexts, such as agricultural, scientific, technical, ecological and medicinal fields, as well as biodiversity-related knowledge. They are words connecting us to country, an understanding of country and of a people who are the oldest continuing culture on the planet. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want their voice to be heard. First Nations were excluded from the Constitutiona...