I’m on a mission (no pun intended) to colloquially rewrite much of Straya’s illustrated his - story. Well in this instance… her - story. Recalling being raised in an era when many Aboriginal citizens still feigned being ‘Indian’. An era whence the closest the lay - Aussie came to First Nations art was  the framed Albert Namatjira print on Nannas lounge room wall. Conversely, thank goodness for Brownie Downing’s clinical & instantaneous kitsch coverage of Aboriginal children. Sadly, like Norman Lindsay, it seems May Gibbs got caught in the ‘drift net’ of universal segregation / apartheid amidst the archaic establishment of modern Straya.

Yandi (Koori Creole for Cannabis) has become a staple amongst black communities both domestically and abroad. Prior to the introduction of the narcotic on this continent, there were of course innumerable plant types whereby hallucinogenic effects may have been sourced. Enter the stiffness of British colonial imposition and its patriarchal self anointment of pompous conservativeness, thus  preventing cultural traditions of spiritual holistic connectedness. So… let us imagine these two little cuties are off to a local Mosman school. One of them is smuggling a substance that is known to appease the side effects of societies negative side effects. The big P.C. / non - profiling question here is… which one?