AustLit

'If you asked most Australians where they think David Gulpilil, our most decorated indigenous performer, might live, most would probably shrug their shoulders and say: "I don't know ... Bondi maybe. Isn't that where all the other actors live?" David is in fact the link between our Westernised urban sprawl and a land and culture that is as old as time. He is one of the rare glimpses into a vanishing culture that he hugs as fiercely as we hug the bosom of our coastal cities. When you look into David's face you see the Arafura Swamp, the Glyde River, the oncoming Wet season and the steely Barru hunter preparing for an all night hunt so that he can feed his family. And when that face breaks into a broad grin you know that you are welcome on his land, but only if you respect it with your very soul.' (Introduction)