As a result, we viewed all the elderly as our mums and dads and aunts and uncles. My father died when I was seven, and we moved to an Aboriginal mission at Mapoon, which is about 90 miles [150 km] north of Aurukun.
بذل والداي قصارى جهدهما ليغرسا فيّ القيم الفاضلة ،‏ وعلّمانا انا وإخوتي احترام المسنين في مجتمعنا ومشاركة الآخرين في القليل الذي نملكه .‏