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CSIRO-Acknowledgement-of-Country-Transcript

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CSIRO Acknowledgement of Country Transcript

[Black screen appears with white writing]

[Gentle guitar music begins playing in the background.]

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following video may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

[White animated CSIRO logo emerges in front of a close shot of a tree on a sunny day.]

[Young girl appears on screen with a park and trees in the background and begins speaking.]

We acknowledge

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The Traditional Owners

[Scene changes to a young boy standing in a park with lots of trees in the background, he begins speaking.]

Of this land.

[Scene changes to a different young girl with a park and trees in the background and begins speaking.]

Of this country.

[Scene changes to a different young girl with a park and trees in the background and begins speaking.]

And their vibrant

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Living cultures

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And knowledge systems.

[Scene changes to a different young girl who is smiling at the camera with a park and trees in the background.]

[Scene changes to a different young girl who is smiling at the camera with a park and trees in the background.]

[Scene changes to a different young boy who is smiling at the camera with a park and trees in the background.]

[Background music becomes louder.]

[A young girl appears on screen with a park and trees in the background and begins speaking.]

We pay respect

[Scene changes to a young boy standing in a park with lots of trees in the background, he begins speaking.]

To our ancestors

[Scene changes to a young boy standing in a park with lots of trees in the background, he begins speaking.]

We pay respect

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To our elders.

[Scene changes to a different young girl with a park and trees in the background and begins speaking.]

Who have gone before us

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And those who guide us

[Scene changes to a different girl in a park with trees in the background and she continues speaking the sentence.

Today and into the future.

[Scene changes to a different girl in a park with trees in the background and she continues speaking the sentence.

The future.

[Scene changes to a different boy in a park with trees in the background and she continues speaking the sentence.

The future.

[Scene changes and we see the screen divided into 9 segments with each segment featuring the children we have seen previously. In unison they speak together.]

The future.

[Scene changes to a girl smiling and looking at the camera.]

[Scene changes to two clips sliced together of two girls smiling and looking at the camera.]

[Scene changes to a young boy in a park looking at the camera and speaking.]

We acknowledge 

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Aboriginal 

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And Torres Strait Islander peoples

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As Australia’s first

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Scientists

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[Scene changes to three young children looking at the camera and speaking.]

Engineers

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[Scene changes back to a young girl who is standing in a park, looking at the camera and speaking.]

Educators

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[Scene changes to a different young boy smiling and looking at the camera.]

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[Scene transitions into a slow-motion shot of the close up of a tree branch.]

[CSIRO closing animation appears over the shot of the tree branch. The blue CSIRO logo emerges over a white background with the words “Australia’s National Science Agency” appearing under the logo.]

[CSIRO closing animation fades to black.]

[Video ends.]