Welcome to Country by Indigenous Aboriginal Yugambeh Kombumerri Salt Water Traditional Custodians on the Gold Coast.
We acknowledge the original inhabitants of the Gold Coast region, including the Yugambeh people and family groups.
We recognise their connection to the land, waters …
Thrill Events on the Gold Coast will coordinate and organise your welcome to country.
City of Gold Coast have endorsed the following:
Indigenous Yugambeh Kombumerri Aknowledgement Welcome to Country with Didgerdoo Playing and Smoking Ceremony
2 Local custodians – Yugambeh (Gold Coast Aboriginals) will give your delegates a warm welcome to country at your meeting and conference or Gold Coast events.
Accompanied by skilled Aboriginal Didgeridoo Player with a special Eucalyptus leaf Smoking Ceremony.
Unique cultural experience + Traditional Song
15-30 minutes
Include Ochre skin painting marking (connection to country / place / earth),
Whilst smoking eucalyptus leaves in coolamon keeps away spirits and washs or cleanses people.
Contact Thrill for a Free Quote for First Nations Welcome to Country Gold Coast
Quoted:
“Aboriginal people have lived in this country for thousands of years. Aboriginal people have a long history and a very rich and ancient culture.
From the beginning, the Kombumerri people have been the ‘Salt Water’ people with history dictating our people had identifying marks on the males right wrists (from netting in the Broadwater) and the females left little finger being severed (to identify married or women initiated to fish with the men) to distinguish the coastal and inland peoples (Saltwater vs. Freshwater). The Kombumerri lived off the land and the water as the first people to this Gold Coast region. We ate oysters off the reef in the middle of Nerang river, which is now destroyed when the canal development first started after the 1950’s. Our people were healthy, with no pollution, no disease and clean living.
The Kombumerri people have been officially dated at 20,000+ years by the Australian National University and our ancestors’ burial ground in Broadbeach has been dated at 1200 years. The Bora Ring at Burleigh Heads along the Gold Coast Highway is our men’s initiation space and our sacred secret dreaming mountain that has our women’s burial grounds on the very top, (including woman’s business) is located at Burleigh Heads, Jellurgal (connects to our Dreaming story ‘Jabreen’).”