A portrait of Captain James Cook himself, in an interpretation drawing from Nathaniel Dance Holland’s famous portrait, is our first doorway in this very concept of “Terra Nullius.” This definition, referred to Australia represent the denial of the existence of Indigenous sovereignty. In the artwork’s title - displayed at the bottom of the painting - Mah re imagines Cook’s honest thoughts behind his frowning brows: "I Secure My Place Whilst Disregarding Others.”