Acknowledgement of country

I am honoured to live and work in Boorloo (Perth) on the banks of the beautiful Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) on Whadjuk boodjar, the lands of the Noongar people and pay my respect to their elders past and present. ​I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of this land, that they never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their connection to place and culture. I acknowledge the value and importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, traditions, knowledge, psychology and way of life that shape and sustain our national identity and way of life and the historic and ongoing impact of colonisation and inequality. I am committed to sharing the story of Aboriginal ownership, resistance and culture.