*"At the heart of Indigenous knowledge systems across Australia lies the tenet that everything is related and that people’s sense of being at ease comes through working towards an ever-deepening understanding of our place within the universe. All communities are connected by sprawling kinship networks that encourage people to respect and care for each other and their respective homelands as a legal obligation."*

This collection works both as an introduction to concepts in the Aboriginal cultures that feature in the various essays, and as a showcase for the work of the Melbourne University Unit that Langton heads up. It is not a critical examination of the work, but rather an explanation for a general audience of what this kind of work is. It is a great, and highly accessible, read.