The Living Map
Voices held on Country.
Every story here is rooted in a place. Explore the voices and communities across Australia documenting, owning, and sharing their own stories, on their own terms.
252 storytellers mapped·15 located stories
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Voices
In their own words.
Spoken by the people who lived them, shared with their consent, held by their community.
“I feel very connected. Even when I go fishing, you just feel more at home and you touch the water and the sand. So, especially when you go hunting, it's a whole different scenery, instead of staying up home, stuck up as other people do smoke.”
Goonyun Anderson
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
“The positive changes we strive for are becoming evident within the community. This is particularly noticeable among our young people, who are beginning to feel a sense of optimism about the future of Palm Island.”
Luella Bligh
Palm Island, Queensland
“When our people make decisions for our people, that is true self-determination. PICC is showing what is possible when community takes the lead.”
Raymond W. Palmer Snr.
Palm Island (Bwgcolman Country)
“Employment is a big thing for community people to have a full-time job and get a decent wage at the end of it as well, providing everyone's on the same boat in terms of delivering a lot of those services to the community.”
Roy Pryor
Cairns, Queensland, Australia