Acknowledgements

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land on which I am grateful to live and work and I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present. I recognise the First Peoples of this Nation and their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to the lands, waters, seas, skies, and communities.

I extend my deepest thanks to the Board of Eucalypt Australia for awarding me a Dahl Fellowship for 2022, and the CEO Linda Baird and Board for their belief in me and their support in bringing this project to life. 

To entire staff at Cool Country Natives Store in Pialligo ACT for the support and Karen Brian the patron of this website.

Thank you also to these incredible people: EUCLID, Dr Horst Schwarz, Grace Nicholas and Tom Greenwood, Clare Press, Paulie Calaby and Mandy Sullivan and the staff at Warndu HQ, Sonya Rankine, Ngadjuri Elder Aunty Patricia Waria-Read, Susan Reys Rodney Dunn and Séverine Demanet of The Agrarian Kitchen , Brendan Grimson, Alina Golovanchenko, Gayathri Parasivam , Jimmy Pike Trust, Martine Docherty, Kate Golson, Angela Bakker, Grace Dungey, Brenda Roy, Tamara Drew, Lily Chin, Malcom French and Dean Nicolle, Julia Martin, Darren Steinhardt and Sue from South Pacific Hemp, and Sone Lovan.

I want to express my sincere gratitude to the individuals and organisations below, including First Nations Elders and artists, who generously shared their traditional knowledge of eucalypts and native plants during our meetings. Those who assisted me in collection and identification of samples at each location.