Dreaming: Welcome to Our Country

by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy

This warm and accessible title in the bestselling and award-winning Welcome to Our Country series invites children to feel the vastness of the Dreaming and its central place in the spirituality and lives of First Nations people. From Australian of the Year Adam Goodes, former journalist Ellie Laing and Barkindji illustrator David Hardy.

SHORTLISTED: 2026 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children's Literature

In my dreaming at night, I see pictures behind my eyes that take me far away.
Way way back in the beginning, Akurras slithered, carving rivers, in a Creation story from my Dreaming, my Muda.
Law men came down from the sky to teach us about our Country.
In my Muda, the Ancestors are never far, and I can see how I fit and who I am.

Told in a child's voice, Dreaming is a joyful and thought-provoking story in the bestselling and award-winning Welcome to Our Country series, and follows one young girl as she imagines what it might be like to be part of the Dreaming, past and present.

Praise for Somebody's Land:

'A celebration of the ancient sovereignty of this country, an invitation to address the hurt in our history, and a conversation starter for anyone who's ever wondered what an Acknowledgement of Country really means.' The Big Issue