First Nations

Bathurst & Backroads acknowledges the First Nations peoples of Australia, recognising their rich and diverse cultures, languages, histories, and ongoing connection to the land and waters of the region. The traditional owners of the Bathurst region, and the lands surrounding it, are the Wiradjuri people, who are known as the "people of the three rivers" which include the Wambool (Macquarie), the Calare/Kalari (Lachlan) and the Murrumbidgee. They have lived in these lands and along these rivers for more than 40,000 years.