'The author wishes to acknowledge the collaboration and support of Yanyuwa elders, in particular Annie Karrakayn, Dinah Nomun, Thelma Douglas, Rosie Noble, Jemima Miller, Leanne and Leonard Norman, Roddy Friday, Billie Miller, and Graeme Friday. They have requested that dead people are named in this text because of the historical importance of their work for cultural maintenance. I also thank John Bradley for his generous assistance and for agreeing to be interviewed in extension for this article. '