Muntigup Garre Garre Bundu

Country is multi-dimensional; it consists of people, animals. plant, and Dreamings underground, earth, soils, minerals, and waters, air .... People talk about Country in the same way as they talk about a person; they speak to Country, sing to Country, visit Country, worry about Country, feel sorry for Country, and long for Country. Connection to land is achieved through very specific localised knowledge of a region's natural history that is coupled with complex layers of past personal and family experience, and deeper connections to the past and therefore to Aboriginal identity via traditional stories and beliefs. The nexus between people is ongoing through hunting and gathering and simply being on Country.” (My Country in Sharing Culture; Rose, D., 2009)