A Forgotten Language

A forgotten language outlawed by ruler by strap by fist.

Snatched from mother and father to boarding schools ruled by grim faced nuns.

The people of the red land the children of Terra Australis, the Great Southland, Australia.

Memories of rivers, of tucker bag, emu egg, wichitie grub, fish all forgotten like the language.

Bush memories, song line memories, ancestor memories, skin knowledge all forgotten.

In a forgotten language outlawed by ruler by strap by fist.