00:05We're here today in front of Politica looking out across sea country towards this incredible
00:10island that holds our stories. Our people are saltwater people were born from Meladina country,
00:18country is not separate from us it lives in us and standing here looking towards Politica you
00:24can feel her history and feel her memory and you can feel our ancestors. We're here today on the west
00:33coast with a few of the junior rangers we've brought them here to teach them Politica's story
00:39and ensure that the next generation remembers her name. The intertidal zone for the Palawa women is
00:46extremely important and our connection to the intertidal zone is ancient and enduring and it
00:53is where we collect our precious cultural resources. When I'm out there sharing knowledge with the junior
00:59rangers country is our teacher and we walk together and we learn together. You can smell the salt in
01:07the air and feel the wind moving across the water you can hear the ocean and the birds and country
01:14speaking in ways it always has. Politica is the Palawa Kearney name for what many now know as Robbins Island.
01:26The first time that Politica was recorded it was recorded by a white surveyor that came to Lutrawita he
01:36was employed by the Van Diemen's Land Company. Although some of our information has come from white men
01:43we've taken ownership back from all of that and now we speak our language fluently. My children know
01:51the names of their you know of wikti, of panupiri, of the muka, of the puna, of the muta and
01:57it's it's
01:58great and we know our tree names and we know our plant names and we know our country names and
02:03it's
02:03beautiful and I feel like that's taken back what we lost and when our young people learn these stories
02:11culture continues. I feel at home I feel I feel happy it's it's great place to be here. Our ancestors
02:22wanted us to learn this wanted us to be a part of their country and make it our country. I
02:30come from
02:30a long line of incredibly powerful women. Palawa women are fierce they are strong they are incredible and I
02:40have been surrounded by the most amazing women growing up and I remind our junior rangers all
02:47the time that we're standing on the backs of our grandparents. I'm the proudest Palawa person and
02:53I would never want to be anything else.
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