Little Birung is an 80 minute song cycle inspired the memories and stories of my Great-Grandmother, Flora Hoolihan (20/10/1915 - 25/03/2018). Granny Flora was a very special lady in our family and the stories and memories she held, were incredible. When I was born in 1984, she was 69 years of age. I remember as a child I was always frightened of her because she wasn’t as fun or loving as my Granny Margaret. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I plucked up the courage to ask her questions and find out more about my family history - from a woman’s point of view, in a time of the Aboriginal Protection Act (1897) and their experiences of raising a family, right from colonisation until the present day. Little Birung is in the next phase of it’s life, adding my journey as a mother and the stories that I will pass down to my daughter.