28/11/2025
🖤💛❤️ Meet Atlas 🖤💛❤️
As part of Cricket NSW’ First Nations Round, MCC would like to introduce one of our First Nation’s players:
❤️ Atlas is one of MCC’s First Peoples, proudly from Gamilaroi.
💛 Gamilaroi (or Kamilaroi or Gamilaraay) is a First Nation that spans North Western NSW & Southern Queensland.
🖤 Gamilaroi is the second largest First Nation on the Australian Continent.
❤️ Gamilaroi People are known as skilled storytellers, using oral traditions like song & ceremony to pass knowledge, culture & connection to Country through generations.
💛 MCC pays its deepest respects to the Gamilaroi People and recognise them as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies & waterways of Gamilaroi.
🖤 We recognise the Gamilaroi People’s enduring connection to Country, and celebrate their rich culture.
❤️ Swipe to see the amazing Acknowledgement of Country that Atlas delivered before one of his team’s games.
💛 Thank you, Atlas, for allowing us to share part of your story. MCC is richer for having you, and so very proud of you & the Gamilaroi People.
Artwork by the talented
Melle Smith-Haimona
Always was,
Always will be,
Aboriginal Land
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