The colours reflect my childhood memories of the paintings of Dick Roughsy’s dreamtime creation stories.

Each group of animals and birds represent the different Aboriginal/Islander nations (different totems and languages) but many times these nations come together as one – for celebrations, for funerals, for sharing. Languages are understood between groups.

For example Victoria is made up of many neighbouring language groups and nations but they can all come together under the umbrella of the Kulin Nation.