I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Mouheener country I wrote this thesis on, and to pay my respects to elders, past, present and becoming. I give my sincere apologies if I have misinterpreted any of the stories presented in this thesis, or utilised them in any way that is not the way their custodians intended them to be utilised. I also give my thanks to those who gave permission for these stories to be made publicly available. I would also like to thank some people in particular, in no particular order: Leonn Satterthwait, Doris Shillingsworth, Jeff Malpas, Tyson Yunkaporta, Ingo Farin, Linn Miller, Corrinne Franklin, Kris Schaffer, Jaime Cave and Helen Ransom. Leonn, thank you for being possibly the most interested and interesting person I know. Aunty Doris, thank you for your support and permission to include cultural knowledge in this thesis. Jeff, thank you for giving the solid form of words to so many of my intuitions. Tyson, thank you for recognising me as I recognised you. Ingo, thank you for your trust in me, your patience and your guidance. Linn, thank you for your frankness and warmth. Corrinne, thank you for getting me thinking about all of this. Kris, thank you for welcoming me into listening to and understanding country. Jaime and Helen, thank you for your joy, your stories and your cultural guidance.