I am a 3rd generation Australian woman with Scottish-Swedish heritage. I live on Wurundjeri land in Fairfield Victoria Austrailia.

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which my paternal great-great-grandparents settled when they came to Australia in the mid-19th century; where I was born, grew up and studied. And where I now live and write. I pay my respects to Wurrundjeri Elders past, present and emerging.

I also acknowledge the Pinnejunga and Boandik people as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which my maternal great-great-grandparents settled when they came to Australia in the mid-19th century. I pay my respects Boandik Elders past, present and emerging.

I acknowledge the Sovreignty has never been ceded.