'Olkola man Mike Ross has been at the vanguard of land rights for the people of Cape York for the last three decades. At an early age Mike was anointed by his Elders to be the person to lead them in an emerging era of land rights. Since then, Mike has dedicated his life to securing land rights, and the protection of culture and Country for his people and the people of Cape York. A sincere spokesperson, a gentleman and a distinguished bushman, Mike is a leader who goes about his business with an understated eloquence that mandates respect from the corridors of Parliament in Canberra to the cattle-yards of Cape York. Mike has spent considerable time as a director and as Chairperson of the Cape York Land Council. For more than a decade he has been the Chairperson of the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation. Mike is currently an applicant on one of the largest native title claims in Australia: the United Cape York Claim, which covers all unclaimed and undetermined areas of Cape York.' (https://meanjin.com.au/essays/well-its-beautiful-country-really/
