00:00Not having that knowledge meant that I was unable to connect properly.
00:17It made me feel not right. What's the word? Opposite to genuine.
00:30Because yes, I'm Aboriginal, I can say that, but then you dig a bit deeper.
00:36I don't know where I'm from. I don't know my language.
00:40I don't know my family, my family tree. I know nothing.
00:45And now you know where you're from. Who are you?
00:48Yes, I do. I do know where I'm from now. I'm Jill. I'm also Angelique.
00:56And I'm also Atunjali, which means, you know, the first born.
01:04And incredibly, my mother never had children after me. That's how much she earned for me.
01:13And who did you meet when you went back to community and what did you do when you first got back?
01:19We went with Linkup for the first time. We met my cousin.
01:24My mother had another sister and another brother. Well, they passed on since then. But their children, that's who met us at the airport.
01:39And what was their reaction to having you guys there?
01:42Oh, well, they were just, they just absorbed us into themselves, you know. They just hugged us and cried and said,
01:54we've always heard about you, but we never knew where you were.
01:59We could have never have done it without that financial help because it's just so far.
02:05If my community was just up the coast, no problems. We'd go there all the time.
02:11But because it's so remote, it's just out in the sticks, you know. And so that financial help was a real great help. Yeah.
02:24I really appreciated that. Everyone should have some sort of financial help.
02:30Those organisations or schemes have their own prerequisites. And I'm grateful that I was one of the fortunate ones.
02:42And I feel so sad for those who have been missed out.
02:46Because, you know, one person is not as, is not more important than another.
02:52You know, they've all gone through pain and sorrow. Yeah.
03:00You know, they've all gone through pain.
03:16You know, we're all gone through pain.
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