Where there is concrete
there were grasslands
grazed by the Red Kangaroo.
The Kaurna called Adelaide south of the river
Tandanya, meaning Male Red Kangaroo Rock.
Where there are high-rises
once River Red Gums soared skyward
home to possums, birds and insects.
The Kaurna called the Torrens
Karra Wirra Pari, meaning Red Gum Forest River.
Where there is this constrained waterway,
that no one would want to dip even a toe into,
once flowed freshwater that could be drunk,
home to yabbies, mussels and fish.
Even as recently as the 1950s a place to swim.
What have we diminished this Kaurna Country to?
Of This Earth 
So true, so important to remember
Monica O’Wheel
Yes!
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