Dear Andrew ...

It’s a tricky business for white fellas like ourselves to write about Indigenous issues, but luckily help is at hand.

You’ll kick yourself for not twigging it earlier, but the best source of information about this sort of stuff turns out to be the Aboriginal people themselves.

So don’t be afraid to ask them. Just be polite - and prepared to be the butt of some gentle jokes from time to time.

In my experience, most Indigenous Australians are a lot less angry than they are entitled to be.

Incidentally, if you’re looking for Gurnai country you’d do much better heading to the east of Melbourne than the west, as you implied in the “Ferals” piece. But don’t take my word for it. Ask Gurnai man Robbie Thorpe - he’ll tell you where to go.

Yours fraternally
Graham Ring
National Indigenous Times