ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

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Palm Island (Bwgcolman)

 Community

Palm Island (also known as Bwgcolman) is an Aboriginal community approx 65 kilometres northeast of Townsville in northern Queensland.

Wadeye

 Community

Wadeye is a large remote Aboriginal community 420 kilometres by road south-west of Darwin.

New Mapoon

 Community

New Mapoon is a community near the tip of Cape York, 1000 kilometres north west of Cairns.

Amata

 Community

Amata is a community in the extremely remote Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia, 40km south of the Northern Territory border and around 250km west of the Stuart Highway.

Weipa

 Community

Weipa lies on the west coast of Cape York, about 200 kilometres south of the tip of Australia and 800 kilometres north west of Cairns by road.

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