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Wiradjuri Country

Status: placeholder only.

This page must NOT be drafted by an AI and pasted into the site. It must be drafted with direct input from local Wiradjuri elders, the nearest Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC), or a Wiradjuri-led organisation, and reviewed by them before publishing.

Lifting wording from another organisation's acknowledgement page is not acceptable. The voice on this page should be specific to MICC's relationships with the Wiradjuri community in the Mid-Western region.

We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

We are preparing the longer Wiradjuri Country page in conversation with local Wiradjuri elders. While we get this right, the acknowledgement above speaks for us. Thank you for your patience.

Why this page is held back

Per plan/04-page-blueprints.md and CLAUDE.md:

"Drafted with input from local Wiradjuri elders or LALC where possible. Not lifted from a template."

"The Wiradjuri acknowledgement is not a footer afterthought. It belongs visibly on the home page and the About page."

This page is the long form of the acknowledgement. It should reflect real conversations, not generic phrasing. Any AI-generated draft would risk borrowing language from elsewhere and missing the specifics that matter most.

Structure to fill in (a brief, not drafted copy)

The blueprint calls for four sections, all written with elder input:

  1. The full acknowledgement. Drafted with the relevant elders. Should include the name of the local Wiradjuri group, recognition that sovereignty was never ceded, and the specific Country (waters, hills, places) relevant to Mudgee.
  2. Why this matters to us. A short, true paragraph from the committee about why the centre takes Country seriously. Avoid generic language. Specifics from one or two committee members work better than a corporate "we" statement.
  3. Our relationships. Specific, factual notes on the relationships the centre has built with local Wiradjuri elders, the LALC, and Aboriginal-led organisations in the Mid-Western region. Include names and quotes only with explicit permission.
  4. Resources to learn more. Links to Wiradjuri-led organisations, local language and history resources, and reading recommendations chosen with elder input. No generic NSW Government pages unless an elder has named that page as useful.

Suggested process

  1. Identify the right Wiradjuri contact (the LALC, a known local elder, or a Wiradjuri-led organisation in the Mid-Western region).
  2. Request a short conversation about how MICC should phrase its acknowledgement and describe its relationships.
  3. Take notes, draft a version, and send it back for review.
  4. Publish only after explicit sign-off.

Holding text on the live site

While this page is being prepared, point readers to the short acknowledgement on the About page. A short note such as:

"We are preparing the longer Wiradjuri Country page in conversation with local Wiradjuri elders. While we get this right, our short acknowledgement on the About page speaks for us. Thank you for your patience."

Place this where the page body would normally go, and keep the page in the navigation so its placeholder presence still signals respect.