Always Was, Always Will Be

Switchboard Victoria is based on the unceded lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders of yesterday and today, and extend those respects to all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples across this country we know as Australia.

We recognise Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples as diverse individuals, with a historic and continuing connection to culture, land and waters – a right and responsibility that was stolen and remains unceded to this day.

We acknowledge the strength and resilience of all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples who identify with LGBTIQASB+ communities, particularly Brotherboys and Sistergirls. We recognise that First Nations peoples have always had rich and diverse understandings and practices of sexuality and gender, and that homophobia and transphobia were introduced under colonial occupation.

Switchboard Victoria acknowledges that sovereignty has never been ceded and our work takes place locally and nationally on what always was and always will be Aboriginal land.