MYLENE HOLROYD | ‘Green Ant Story’ | Etching Edition:14/40 AGNES KOHLER | 'Starfish' |

AGNES KOHLER | 'Starfish' | Acrylic on linen  | 40 h x 50 w  cm

Aboriginal connection to Country is not just belonging

This story is about the Mermaid and the Unseen People of Boorwa Hill

” he said

MYLENE HOLROYD | ‘Green Ant Story’ | Etching Edition:14/40 AGNES KOHLER | 'Starfish' |"I am a Kugu & Thaayorre woman. My ancestors connect me to this place. I speak four Indigenous languages and English. My father is Wik liyanh (fresh water people) from the upper Holroyd River. My mother is Kugu Munhin (salt water people) from north Holroyd River. Both of my parents were born in the bush. My dad worked in the stockyard before he met my mum. He worked as a drover for no wages, just food. Mum worked in the old hospital cooking for the