Poem Sources:

This poem was written for NAIDOC Week, National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee since 1938 with inspiration from old aboriginal tales and art.

See also The Uluru Statement from the Heart asking for constitutional recognition of a voice for Australia’s Indigenous peoples.

This story comes from D’harawal country, from this document: https://dharawalstories.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/wombat.pdf

The importance of Indigenous knowledge is also increasingly being applied in land management and conservation in Australia, with very positive outcomes.