MYLENE HOLROYD | ‘Green Ant Story’ | Etching Edition:14/40 Sawur is a wild yam

Sawur is a wild yam found on the side of sand dunes on Badu Island

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MYLENE HOLROYD | ‘Green Ant Story’ | Etching Edition:14/40 Sawur is a wild yam"I am a Kugu & Thaayorre woman. My ancestors connect me to this place. I speak four Indigenous languages and English. My father is Wik liyanh (fresh water people) from the upper Holroyd River. My mother is Kugu Munhin (salt water people) from north Holroyd River. Both of my parents were born in the bush. My dad worked in the stockyard before he met my mum. He worked as a drover for no wages, just food. Mum worked in the old hospital cooking for the