Cirrus@Austlit

'When I was a young girl, my uncle told me and my older cousin about our family. He told us that family is the most important thing in you life; he told us about our history, our family and who we are as people from the Wiradjuri tribe; he told us these stories so passionately. To me, these stories were the small mustard seeds that we - the next generation of the Wiradjuri tribe - grow to be strong trees and branches that can withstand challenges and hardships. My family has faced many challenges: losing my grandmother and my great-aunty; my grandfather being diagnosed with diabetes; my cousin being born with autism; and another cousin being crushed by a motorbike and breaking her leg. Even through all of this, my family never changed: it stayed the same; it stayed beautiful, like a peaceful butterfly. ' (Introduction)