I’m from Kalumburu in the Kimberley region, North West Western Australia. I'm from the Wunambal Gaambera tribe, and the Kwini tribe.
I’m a Kwini woman through my father's side. He is traditional owner for this country - from Pago up to Kalumburu. Our family are the main people for this country - we’re the guardians, you know. My mother’s from the other side - the Gaambera people. There's a lot of stories about my grandfather. He used to pass through Kinganna - he found my grandmother there. There was a Japanese man, Old Wille Reed, who had come across from Broome to set up a sea cucumber farm! He had a lease out there, in Kinganna and he had four wives - my grandmother was one of them! My grandfather ‘stole’ my grandmother and brought her here to Kalumburu. Then they got married here, and had my mum.
