What is a park? Is it nature or is it man-made?
Why are we obsessed with order and straight lines?
Why do we square the circle?
Are these plants selected and manicured conveniently enough to our liking?
Are these roses sad because they don’t belong?
Isn’t it absurd that Centennial Park was a gift from a coal mining company?
Are the coal ships just part of the horizon now?
Why do we cover the land that people have had a deep connection to? Why are we poisoning the waters?
Why are we poisoning ourselves?
Are these Federation tiles nice? What are their true colours?
Was a nation created or hundreds destroyed?
Was it allyship or Birabahn’s desperate cry for help?
What does civilisation mean?
Will you listen to the past to change the future?

My piece respectfully honours the First People of Muloobinba, their continuing culture, knowledge, stories, connection to land, waters and community.
I pay gratitude to Joseph Lycett, Prof.John Maynard and others who guided me through this journey.