Kinstead:
/kɪn, stɛd/
to kinstead (v.)
To root relationship into place through care, coherence, and continuity..
To tend a gathering, a dwelling, or a practice in such a way that kinship and land begin to hold each other.
It is an act of place-making that honours relational sovereignty.
A way of making belonging durable — not by ownership, but by presence
Our Witnessing Protocols
Kinsteads gatherings are held according to the following principles:
Custodial
Acknowledging the Origine Sovereigns as bearers of living ancestral lineage.
We recognise Elders — past, present, and emerging — as representatives of continuous Cultural Lore.
Inclusive
Discrimination on the basis of race, faith, gender, or ability has no place in Kinsteads Association activities. Aggression, violence, or abuse of any kind may result in suspension of membership and removal from the gathering; in protection of the safe containment of the shared place.
Safely Contained
Gatherings are
Non-performative: Participants are co-creators, not spectators.
Non-commercial: Proceeds from Kinsteads gatherings support the Altarnation Congress Patronage Fund.
Non-alcoholic: Inebriating substances are not served or welcomed at Kinsteads gatherings.
Accessible
Barriers to participation — whether related to age, health, mobility, or finances — are actively addressed.
Infrastructure and care are extended to support those with dependants or encumbrances.
The Altarnation
A four-day bioregional gathering of representatives from local networks enacting responsible cultural and environmental stewardship.
The Fathoming
A barefoot ceremony of bass, embodied movement, and deep listening.
The Kinsteads Association is an alliance of individuals who agree to cohere around an ethos of place-based belonging.
Connect in person
Kinsteads Association
This is not a public-facing organisation.
It is a trust-held relational field — stewarded through gatherings, conversation, and care.
Our Ethos
Kinsteads ethos principles
Custodianship
We tend to place, and to each other, with dignity and care.
Attunement
We listen deeply — to land, to kin, to the unseen and the unspoken
Reciprocity
We practice mutual respect, offering what we can and receiving with grace
Integrity
We honour our word, our limits, and the quiet truths of timing
Presence
We show up as we are, and make space for becoming.
Location
Ngarakwal-Midginbil Jagun
Bundjalung Nation
Sovereignty never ceded
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