This painting is about my homeland Bulgundi, which I have inherited from my Great-great Grandparents - Jimmy (Buddubodyn) and Penny (Gururjirl). This place has been my family's traditional homeland for many, many generations. When the katiya (whitefellas) came they claimed this land as part of the Tableland Station Pastoral Lease and my surviving family were forced off the land in the 1970s. In about 1995, when I visited Bulgundi for the first time, I felt a strong spiritual connection of belonging and I decided I would fight to reclaim the land. Over the next 20 years I fought to have Bulgundi (an area of around 2000 acres) broken off from the Tableland Station Pastoral Lease. We were success in claiming the land and Bulgundi now belongs to me and my family again. This land is at the centre of Gija land, and is the highest point in the Kimberley Ranges. It is a water catchment area and where much the water that flows in to the Kimberley begins it's journey. It is where the King Leopold Range and theLittle Fitzroy River start. They both run west towards Fitzroy Crossing, down towards Derby. It is also where Rockybar Creek starts, which flows east in to the Chamberlain River. To me, Bulgundi is where life begins.