Embedding Indigenous knowledges and voices in planetary health education

“The deep roots and the h2o, the creek that brought me together with my childhood…connecting to land and the elegance inside it.”

“The Aboriginal flag, like the roots keeps me grounded, flip to my boodja [land or country], to retain related you know, that my spirit my Wirrin [spirit] is holding me robust. The sun, the yellow signifies that strength of existence, that blows rays of gentle coming by means of that retain us, my folks, my moort [family] jointly in the sturdy local community we are now.”

“The kangaroo cover is a sign of regard that I keep among Aboriginal Peoples across the land. It also reminds me of the previous times, my mum applied to say how they employed to reside in mia mia [shelter made from natural bush] produced up of branches and trees, twigged jointly. Each time they bought a kangaroo or so they use people components for preserving warm…and their bedding and held them strong…you really do not just go looking for anything…it will come to you so you can feed your relatives. Now, when I go out to get bush drugs it heals me bodily and inside myself and it potential customers us to what we are intended to take and what we are not intended to take—it guides us. It is all aspect of us understanding from the lands, it can be cost-free, a cost-free spirit, I indicate look at the birds, butterflies, the lifestyle.”

“The historic signage was taken from a real police photograph from one of my ancestors, Aboriginal Individuals back again in those people days experienced to have a license [referred to as a dog license] as portion of their motion, as element of their motion. And like, you know, like, they couldn’t truly go following hours, into town, so they were being locations they had been all kept in, like, you know, their own minimal spots, and this is a little something that was passed about, if they were being in a diverse region or in the city, they have been dealt with by the Monarch [police].”

“The thick authorities files represent the native welfare you know, at that time way back again then, my mum was taken away…they were being all rounded up like cattles, and from, from the reserves…they arrived there and they stated we’re gonna arrive and we’ll bring the little ones back again. But they under no circumstances did. That procedure that we have for good remaining you know, monitored by will cause a ton of our people today to carry on to live in concern, they anxiety the police, they worry the technique, heading into the wellness system, simply because they know that they’re heading to be you know, documents are going to be built up and the injustices…need to be corrected adequately through and from our hearts, by means of our eyes and our voice.”

“The green gum leaves are extremely substantial to our society and portion of healing…part of [our] cigarette smoking ceremony.”

“The wadjela [white people] moon signifies the white persons hunting down on Aboriginal People…superior you know techniques we haven’t obtained the information we haven’t got you know we really do not know what is actually finest for us, but we do! We have always felt they are suppressing us and keep on to suppress us in a lot of methods. That is the problem a whole lot of my individuals encounter today…of not currently being read and that’s why persons like me use my voice…make a pathway for my individuals.”