Dedication

To our warrior forebears who fought for their traditional lands here in Australia. . .we are merely part of a continuous warrior tradition ...

To not only to those Indigenous Australians Who have served Australia both in war and peace, but to the families and friends of these men and women ...

Those that served without rifle and grenade, but with their hands and minds back home in the factories, farms and homes in Australia ...

To those who were rejected from joining the forces on the basis of their Aboriginality, which in both World War One and Two was the law ...

To the others like me who are in the services today, representing our community and maintaining a living link to our unique Anzac heritage ...

To our Indigenous cousins in New Zealand, Canada and the United States - who experienced the same treatment and loss as us in wartime ...

To the kids in communities today, that they find out that we've got heaps of pride when it comes to fighting for our country - we've always stepped up when freedom was being threatened both here and overseas.