I acknowledge the original custodians of the land where I was born, the Dharug and Gandangara people west of Sydney and where I grew up North of Sydney, the Kuringgai people..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuringgai  http://dharug.dalang.com.au/Dharug/plugin_wiki/page/roots-of-our-identityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandangara

Mrs Compton's Pepeha
Ko Blue Mountain toku maunga
Ko Lane Cove toku awa
Ko Bounty toku waka
Ko Ahitereiria toku iwi
No Sydney ahau

Ko John Baker toku matua
Ko Ann Waddington toku whaea
Ko Mike Compton taku tane
Carolyn Compton toku ingoa