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Joshua Waters, Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University

For Indigenous people, connection to Country can be a preventive health measure

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The inherent connectedness between people, land and spirituality runs deep in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It’s seen today through art, songs, stories, ceremonies, languages and cultures being revived and practised across the continent.

In Indigenous worldviews, there is little separation between these elements of life. Bodies are understood as part of the land itself – of Country – which constitutes the living lands, waters and skies that Indigenous people hold custodial responsibility for.

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