Representatives of the Yugambeh people will make the impassioned plea from the footsteps of Buckingham Palace next month during a special presentation to mark the start of the Queen’s Baton Relay.

The call comes as Games mascot Borobi is at the centre of a spat that has split the ­Aboriginal community.

Wesley Aird, a one-time indigenous adviser to former prime minister John Howard, has launched proceedings with IP Australia over copyright issues surrounding Borobi, which means koala in the native Yugambeh language.

But many Yugambeh people, including two elders who will deliver the formal invitation, are opposed to Mr Aird’s action and have welcomed the Games’ promotion of Aboriginal culture.

“We have great pride in our Yugambeh heritage and traditional custodianship of the land on which the Games will be held, and to be able to deliver this invitation at Buckingham Palace, in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, will emphasise how these Commonwealth Games are being true to the reconciliation ideals of acknowledgment and inclusion,’’ elders Patricia O’Connor and Ted Williams said.

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation chief Mark Peters said organisers had been extremely sensitive to Aboriginal culture in developing Borobi as a mascot.

“Early in the Games planning cycle, to ensure appropriate consultation on indigenous engagement and issues, GOLDOC established the Yugambeh Elders Advisory Group and the Indigenous Working Group,” he said.

“Mr Aird has been invited numerous times to meetings with the Indigenous Working Group but has declined.”

Mr Aird declined to comment yesterday when contacted by The Sunday Mail.