00:00Country means more to me than anything else in this world.
00:09This is all we've got left.
00:12Kaya.
00:13Bunjil.
00:14Farbour Bridge.
00:15Wilman.
00:16So my name is Philip John Ugal.
00:20I was born here in Collie, but I was never born in the hospital like other people.
00:26I was born on the Collie River.
00:29That Minningup Pool, we believe, is the resting place for the Ngunnangarrik Swahili.
00:36He made the ecosystem of three rivers, the Brunswick River, the Collie River, and the
00:43Preston River.
00:44For the Bidiya people around this area, Collie was known as Minningup, where we gather.
00:59When you come to the water and you respect the Ngunnangarrik Swahili, you pick up a little
01:05bit of dirt, put it underneath your arm because it's got to get the scent, then you throw
01:10it in the water.
01:12That lets the Swahili know that you're there.
01:14These are the sorts of things that you've got to entrench.
01:20So then from me, I pass it down to my son.
01:26Also, I've got the opportunity to pass it to my grandchildren.
01:30And now I stand back, and even at that young age, they make me so proud that I know that
01:37our tradition is going to follow on in the future for thousands of years to come, like
01:46it came from thousands of years before, to me.
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