THE EARLY CHILDHOOD MANAGEMENT SERVICES (ECMS) ACKNOWLEDGES THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES AS THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE NATION AND THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LANDS ON WHICH WE LIVE, LEARN AND WORK. WE RECOGNISE THEIR CONTINUING CONNECTION TO LAND, WATERS AND SKY AND WE PAY RESPECTS TO ELDERS PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING.