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Here in Australia they use the carefully crafted phrase: “the previous custodians of this land”. As in… we are the custodians now.

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stevage 2y ago
What? No. The phrase is "the traditional owners" or sometimes "traditional custodians". Never previous.
- jiggawatts 2y ago
  Bad memory/paraphrasing on my part. Traditional and previous are near-synonyms.
  - stevage 2y ago
    I don't think that's true. Traditional can also carry the sense of ongoing.
defrost 2y ago
I've not seen "previous" used .. eg: W.AUstralian Health acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the many traditional lands and language groups of Western Australia. It acknowledges the wisdom of Aboriginal Elders both past and present and pays respect to Aboriginal communities of today. ~ https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Improving-WA-Health/About-Aboriginal-Health/Welcome-to-Country-and-Acknowledgement-of-Traditional-Ownership https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Improving-WA-Health/About-Abori... is pretty generic for a handwave across the entire state. In specific places, large tracts of land here, the terminology is current custodians - if you recall that whole deal with Mabo and Native Title there are large ares in which the traditional inhabitants are now the current owners under Commonwealth Law that once didn't acknowledge them as human and declared the land Terra Nullius. Mabo decision: https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/Stories_and_Histories/The_Mabo_decision https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/Stories_and_Hist... We acknowledge the Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continued connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to their Cultures, Country and Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, the land on which this exhibition was created, and the land on which Australian Parliament House is situated – an area where people have met for thousands of years.

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stevage 2y ago

What? No. The phrase is "the traditional owners" or sometimes "traditional custodians". Never previous.

jiggawatts 2y ago
Bad memory/paraphrasing on my part. Traditional and previous are near-synonyms.
- stevage 2y ago
  I don't think that's true. Traditional can also carry the sense of ongoing.

defrost 2y ago

I've not seen "previous" used .. eg: W.AUstralian Health acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the many traditional lands and language groups of Western Australia. It acknowledges the wisdom of Aboriginal Elders both past and present and pays respect to Aboriginal communities of today. ~ https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Improving-WA-Health/About-Aboriginal-Health/Welcome-to-Country-and-Acknowledgement-of-Traditional-Ownership https://www.health.wa.gov.au/Improving-WA-Health/About-Abori... is pretty generic for a handwave across the entire state. In specific places, large tracts of land here, the terminology is current custodians - if you recall that whole deal with Mabo and Native Title there are large ares in which the traditional inhabitants are now the current owners under Commonwealth Law that once didn't acknowledge them as human and declared the land Terra Nullius. Mabo decision: https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/Stories_and_Histories/The_Mabo_decision https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/Stories_and_Hist... We acknowledge the Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continued connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to their Cultures, Country and Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, the land on which this exhibition was created, and the land on which Australian Parliament House is situated – an area where people have met for thousands of years.