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Indigenous Australians (Those called in the past *aborigines* but never "natives".) use the term "Country" to describe the lands their tribe is custodian to. So where I live, in Canberra, is called also "Ngunnawal Country" and I am honoured to live in a suburb (Town.) named Ngunnawal. I took this photo here in Ngunnawal Country just the other day. Everything in it speaks to me of My Country, the tough, smoky green grass, the ghostly white of the gum trees, the clear blue of the sky and the unassailable dignity of the Old Man Roo on the skyline. This is My Country and this image says more to me about who I am than the flag ever will.

Peace.

Mikel.