Removal, exile, erasure. Our Ancestors were forcibly removed to Flinders Island. Our lands and waterways were illegally taken, gifted to newcomers by newcomers in more than 3,200 land deeds through the first 30 years of colonisation. Much Country is still gone from us. Developed, decimated, privatised, underwater, overgrazed. Under constant threat, lutruwita, our island, weathers with us, Tasmanian Aboriginal people, a destructive onslaught that never abates. But it is possible to resuscitate, revive, renew. Culturally and physically Country and us are actively reuniting - damaged but determined.