Excelsia would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country, the Wallumattagal (or Wallumedegal) people of the Dharug Nation, on which our campus is situated. This clan were, for countless generations, fisher-hunter-gatherers in a rich environment of river flats, mangrove swamps and creeks. Their name derives from the word ‘Wallumai,’ meaning the Black Snapper fish, which was once presumably plentiful in the Lane Cove River.

Excelsia recognises the Wallumattagal People’s continuing connection to waters, land and culture and pays respect to their Elders, past, present, and emerging.