My Family, My Law, My Life and My Land

By Dan Davis

Growing up in a small town to me was an adventure. In Bluff, a small town in central Queensland, everyone knew everyone. I had plenty of friends to hang out with. My mates and I were always outside playing and never got home until dark, which I sometimes got a flogging for, but I had fun playing. The school had about five to six buildings in the seventies and eighties but big enough to keep us kids busy.

I was raised by my mother along with two older brothers and one younger sister and lots of relatives. On the weekends, we’d go camping down the creek, where our cubby house was or go crawchying (yabbies) for something to eat. Having a childhood gave me a lot of imagination and inspired me to write stories about our adventures and begin to write poetry.

This book is mostly about my Aboriginal culture and thoughts and hopefully some poems that the reader can relate to.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jan 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984504340

Dan Davis

Meet Coach Chad Dennis and Coach Dan Davis - two highly accomplished individuals dedicated to helping athletes succeed. With their extensive experience in leadership and training, they have developed a program called ELEVATE, designed to help athletes build a strong foundation for success in sports and life. Coach Dennis has spent many years working in law enforcement. He is a former NCAA D1 baseball player for Eastern Kentucky University. He has also coached high-level athletic teams for over 25 years. He has a proven record of creating high-performance athletes, teams, and coaches. He understands what it takes to get athletes to the next level and has worked with hundreds of successful athletes on their mental performance. Coach Davis is a retired Sergeant Major from the U.S. Army who has operated and led teams in some of the most demanding, diverse, and challenging environments. As a former collegiate baseball player, he was selected to play for the All-Army Sports program for several years. He was chosen as head coach of the program in 2019. He currently coaches at the collegiate level and understands the importance of controlling the chaos during high-pressure situations. Coach Davis has worked with hundreds of athletes, assisting them in elevating their mental performance in their chosen sport. Coach Dennis and Coach Davis deeply understand the importance of mental performance in athletics and life. They have studied, worked with, and trained alongside some of the most successful people on the planet. With ELEVATE, they aim to help athletes set a solid foundation for success, drawing upon their own experiences in leadership and athletic achievement. Contact Information: www.mindsetmattersathletics.com

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Copyright © 2019 by Dan Davis.

ISBN:                  Softcover              978-1-9845-0435-7

                            eBook                   978-1-9845-0434-0

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Rev. date: 01/09/2019

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CONTENTS

1. Mookari

2. Moonthanguddi

3. What Becomes Of Us Now?

4. Ngayu {I -Kukuyalanji Language}

5. Letter To The Future.

6. The Conversation

7. Ngujkura

8. I’m Aboriginal

9. Waybul

10. My Ancestors

11. Because Of Her We Can

12. Dancing Aborigine

13. Storm Bird

14. Most Days

15. Warrma

16. So Many.

17. Like Burdens

18. So Sad.

19. Burrkul

20. Lost

21. A Time In Life

22. Most Days

23. Thankyou

I

would like to dedicate this book to my Mother, Mona. Thank-you for this gift of writing poetry, Story telling and being supportive in my project.Also thank-you for fighting the hard fight in my upbringing, I know I wasn’t the