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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I write this, the Turrbal and Yagera people. We recognise their continued connection to the land and waters of this place, and acknowledge that they never ceded sovereignty. I respect all Elders and Ancestors, and any First Nations people reading this. My family has been mainly living on two regions of land in Australia back to my 3rd and 4th great grandparents.  My father's family lived on  Worimi country (also spelt Warrimay) (Gloucester, NSW).  Worimi people British colonists had a perception that Worimi people were taller and stouter than those living around Sydney and were more prone to laughter than tears. The Worimi were divided into a number of nurras (local groups within a tribe, each occupying a definite locality within the tribal territory). The Worimi and Biripi tribes both spoke dialects of the Kattang language. Garigal and Caregal people My mother's family has lived in the Sydney region...