We Are Country, Country Is Us
We assert the First Nations traditional concept of Law in Country and that We Are Law Keepers of Country. Or more direct: We Are Country, Country Is Us.
Hey you mob we’ve HAD A WIN 🖤👏🏽💪🏽✊🏽🔥
Yesterday we were back in the forest defending Wedge Tailed Eagle nests and Law in Country.
The forest we were defending neighbours trawtha mukaminya, Palawa Land in the Central Highlands of Lutruwita.
Community members - Janice, Cody, Sienna and I stood defiantly in the bloody freezing cold under the magnificent star lit night sky to stop the logging contractors entrance to the forests. We joined BBF who had been defending that forest for nearly two weeks. Holding firm and holding faith that every day we slow down or stop the contractors coming in, a tree/homes/culture survives. It seems so ludicrous that less than a few kms away the Aboriginal community are putting efforts into caring for and rehabilitating this importance cultural landscape but here Forestry Tasmania are allowing the decimation of ancient forest that is home to endangered Wedge Tailed Eagles.
But wait don’t get overwhelmed or depressed cos we won !!!
Our efforts did make a difference 💪🏽
The afternoon after our action the logging machines were removed and this beautiful forest is still standing ✊🏽👏🏽🔥🖤
Yesterday I was in the forest but today I was back in Court pushing back on the Colonial court where I was charged with trespassing while protecting Law In Country in a Forest situated at the back of Kunanyi.
Be it in the Forest, in the Oceans, or in the Courts have faith that we are making a difference and we are creating a pathway though.
We are making a difference and we are Protecting Law in Country 🖤💛❤️
Ruth Langford Tipruthanna, 25 June 2025
Images supplied & BBF/Ramji
Jim Everett puralia meenamatta
I am a Plangermairreenner from Meenamatta Country in the north-east Midlands of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Law in Country is what governs me, and I do what I do because it’s the truth. I stand firm on our Law in Country.
I do not recognise any colonial authority over me because I am not an Australian citizen. I am a Palawa First Nation citizen and the Australian-British colonial laws that I challenge have no jurisdiction to arrest me for defending my Law in Country from ongoing destruction of our natural world.
portrait Jillian Mundy; mangana Eric Woehler; #StandWithUncJim #TellTheTruth
