Australia's oldest parliament will pay tribute to its oldest nations with an historic plan to place an Aboriginal message stick in a building teeming with Anglo tradition.

Smoking ceremony at NSW State Parliament as the Aboriginal Languages Bill is brought to the Legislative Council last October. Credit:Nick Moir

John Ajaka, the President of the NSW Legislative Council, this week began consulting with members on a plan for a permanent place for a message stick presented to mark another historic moment for the house: the first time it was ever addressed in Aboriginal languages last October.

The question is where the carved stick, which for a millennia was a means of communication and a mark of safe passage for its bearer, should be displayed.

Labor's caucus late last week unanimously endorsed placing it at the centre of the chamber alongside parliament's Black Rod, a signal, its deputy in the house said on Fri