“I am an Aboriginal from mud, red mud. I am black, I am red, I am yellow. I will not take my people from here to be in these other places.”
Gawirrin Gumana (gah-wee-rin goo-mah-nah), Dhalwangu (daw-lay-wah-lah) clan leader
“My name, the languages of the islands and the seas, were given to us by the ancestors when they made the world.”
Laurie Baymarrwangga (law-ree bang-or-nah), Senior Traditional Owner of Yan-nhangu (yan-an-new) Islands
“If we are caring for our country, we’re caring for our people. If people are connected to country… we are healthy, our knowledge is healthy.”
Otto Bulmaniya Campion (oh-toe bull-mahn-yah cam-pee-yon), Senior Traditional Owner at Ramingining (rah-mon-ggin-ning)
“Our kinship connects us to whatever lies in the sea. It holds our family. And everything in the ocean is related. ”
Langani Marika (lahn-gahn-ee mah-ree-kah), Senior Traditional Owner for the Rirratjingu (reer-ott-jin-goo) clan