Benjamin Wilson Benjamin Wilson i(24915054 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Jagara / Yuggera
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1 ‘I Am Country, and Country Is Me!’ Indigenous Ways of Teaching Could Be Beneficial for All Children Benjamin Wilson , David Spillman , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 August 2022;

'When old Aboriginal people, like Kakadu Man Bill Neidjie and our cultural grandfather Damu Paul Gordon, say “I am Country, Country is me”, they are not speaking metaphorically. Our people have known for tens of thousands of years we come from the land, with our bodies composed of earth and water. The land is our big mother or Gunni Thakun, “Mother Earth” in the Ngemba language spoken by Damu Paul. If we damage her, we damage ourselves.' (Introduction)
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