'In this book Bill Neidjie – manager and negotiator of the Bunitj Clan Estate – which forms part of Kakadu National Park, relives the past in order to give some meaningful structure to the future. He attempts to help non-Aboriginal people understand the bond between Aboriginal people and their traditionally inherited land through poetry.' (Publication summary)

'The writers and story-tellers included in this collection relate an important, even epic tale. They tell a story which in 1988 (white Australia's bicentennial year) rarely received attention because, while it tells of courage and love, it also focuses on killing and conquest, eccentricity and madness, and a land as hostile and murderous as it could be gentle and caring...' (Source: Preface)