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“The past 200 and a half years, us Koori Birds have been depressed for many years. Them gubbas didn't even ask us for our land. They just came and took it. Not even one apology. Like when us Koori Birds find our food and kill it, we always apologise it and pray for it. But when they took us Koori Birds, we never got an apology. And we never did anything bad to them gubbas. So why did they do it to us! If I was to ask them gubbas where they came from, which I did, they would say “Oh! I was from England”. And if I was to ask them gubbas “What did you have there at England?” they would say “We had awesome stuff! We had poison, and sailing machines, and glass cages and compasses!”. But think gubbas. Why come here and invade our land, when you had such a deadly one!” but then, a “miner” interrupted,