"This is our sacred country,"
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"Walk over it, feel it and touch it.
"This is your sacred country.
"This is my country."
Russell Saunders spoke these words at the beginning of NAIDOC Week in Purfleet for 2015.
As part of his speech he shared childhood memories spent at Saltwater and Purfleet, where he and others would play in the bush looking for bush lemons, honey and hunting for animals.
His memories, are strongly linked to the land, making his recollections fitting for this year's NAIDOC theme of 'We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate'.
His final words to the crowd before handing over to Leonie Morcome were "stand tall and walk softly."
Russell Saunders explained that stand tall means be proud and walk softly is a reminder they are walking in the footsteps of their ancestors and if you listen, they'll tell you the stories.
Leonie Morcome shared some of her own memories before passing the microphone to her mother Cathy.
"Thank you all for coming out here. It's our special place," said Cathy.
Russell played the didgeridoo while young Maricki Saunders, Jessi Cochrane, Lakeesha Cochrane, Janara Simon and Jemiica Simon raised the Aboriginal, Australian and Torres Strait Islander flags.