Cammeraygal

Can I just ask you all to please turn your phones to silent so we don't have ringing and beeping going on.

Before we begin the proceedings, I'd like to acknowledge the traditional owners of these lands on which we meet, the Cammeraygal people.

and to pay our respects to spirits and ancestors both past and present.

My name's Margaret Nicholson.

Thank you very much and good afternoon.

Nice to have you all here expressing an interest in this book that I've written.

So let me start by also acknowledging the Cammeraygal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which we're meeting and also the land on which this book was written, just a few kilometres over that way as the crow flies.

Emily lived the last part of her life with one foot in the traditional life of her community and the other foot firmly in the mainstream Australian art market.

The real world is not a safe place for indigenous people

And I'm from the Gamaraigal.

And, uh, as I've said, uh, the Gamaraigal are the people from this country, and, uh, this is our traditional lands.

I'm, uh, Ngarigu.

I'm from the Snowy Mountains in southeastern Australia.

And if you do that well, you'll be hard to beat." And so w- with that moment, he gave me permission to do what I do.

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Cammeraygal.

We pay our respects to elders past and present.

Welcome to First Read.

Um, and as always, just a quick reminder that if you want more Lit Witches, you can like, comment, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the Cammeraygal people on whose lands we're recording today, and we pay our respects to elders past and present.

All right, we're gonna start with a quick fire recommendation game.

Uh, a book you wish you could read again for the first time.

The MotorDream podcast is recorded on Cammeraygal land of the Eora Nation.

It always was and always will be the lands of the First Nations of Australia.

[car engine starting] [upbeat music] This is the MotorDream podcast.

However, stay with us because we do also offer a lot of practical tips on how to navigate these complex issues.

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Cammeraygal.

We pay our respects to elders past and present.

Welcome to First Read.

The idea that we should push kids into the deep end of the pool because they're going to have to learn how to swim eventually is one that goes against all of our developmental understanding of instead, let's have a positive relationship with the pool and then let's teach you how to swim at an increased level of demand and a reduced level of support.

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Cammeraygal.

We pay our respects to elders past and present.

Welcome to First Read.

The MotorDream podcast is recorded on Cammeraygal land of the Eora Nation.

It always was and always will be the lands of the First Nations of Australia.

[upbeat music] This is the MotorDream Podcast.

I think this collaboration has just been a beautiful chance to explore that.

Also too, I think as First Nations artists who get to work on Cammeraygal country with Aunty Jeannie who's a Cammeraygal elder, I think the invitation to collaborate was actually quite beautiful and I think it was an opportunity that we didn't want to pass up because I think Inderpreet talked about curiosity and we want to make that curiosity stronger.

We want people to, as I say, love Cammeraygal country, love Aboriginal land, feel like that they're welcome on Aboriginal land and I think we wanted to foster that so Um, with the warm invitation, we just wanted to help however we can.

And, um, uh, Inderpreet was able to, you know, help us by gifting food and creating this incredible menu.

We're, we're not, um, you know, food people.

He wrote it as a Wiradjuri man working on Camaragal country and, importantly, as a visitor.

While I'm Aboriginal, um, my family's Wiradjuri, so from, um, my family's traditionally from Mudgee, New South Wales.

Um, and I'm very lucky to work on Cammeraygal country, but I'm also a visitor, so I wanted to talk about also being a visitor on these lands and how grateful I am.