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Our land being invaded
Our women and children being taken
Rabbit-Proof Fence no escaping
Our Ancestors from Sky and Sea
Are who we thought we were inviting
Now it’s our history they are rewriting
Gifts disguised we’re being deceived
Alcohol blankets white man’s disease
Live like you instead of in harmony
With each other Flora Fauna and Mother Country
Murris put clay on their heads
Preparing for war preparing for death
Tribal warrior from long ago
Tribal warrior I stand alone
The Dreaming created me to be a nightmare
To these while Devilshare
I stand alone Pemelway this is my home I show no fear
Armed with knowledge of Country my Ancestral spirits and spear
I will show them a feverish nightmare fuelled Dreamtime warrior
For my People I am worrying
Land women and children taken from us
Culture art and stories thrown under the bus
Rainbow Prophecy a chosen few, who will your dollars feed
When poisoned is every river sea animal and tree birds and bees
Rise up like a phoenix bring our land back to us
Welcome to Country, now you’re one of us
Our land being invaded
Our women and children being taken
Rabbit-Proof Fence no escaping
Our Ancestors from Sky and Sea
Are who we thought we were inviting
Now it’s our history they are rewriting
Gifts disguised we’re being deceived
Alcohol blankets white man’s disease
Live like you instead of in harmony
With each other Flora Fauna and Mother Country
Murris put clay on their heads
Preparing for war preparing for death
Tribal warrior from long ago
Tribal warrior I stand alone
The Dreaming created me to be a nightmare
To these while Devilshare
I stand alone Pemelway this is my home I show no fear
Armed with knowledge of Country my Ancestral spirits and spear
I will show them a feverish nightmare fuelled Dreamtime warrior
For my People I am worrying
Land women and children taken from us
Culture art and stories thrown under the bus
Rainbow Prophecy a chosen few, who will your dollars feed
When poisoned is every river sea animal and tree birds and bees
Rise up like a phoenix bring our land back to us
Welcome to Country, now you’re one of us
Including a piece about kids dancing and going walkabout and Chippa's interpretation of Country.
This interview was part of Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service’s Invasion Day webinar in January this year. The Q&A spoke to an incredible panel of First Nations people, each with their own unique experiences of the criminal legal system.
This is my interpretation of Country. The greens and browns take me back to the quiet and secluded areas I've worked on and stayed on whilst camping and living off Country.
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