Gamilaroi Elder Neville Sampson's funeral was held at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre (TRECC) on Friday, June 13, and was attended by hundreds if not thousands of community members. Video by Gareth Gardner
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01:00The graciousness that you showed in your final days epitomised your life, as gentle and as tough as they come.
01:15We are forever grateful for having you as a part of our lives and we know that your spirit still works with us.
01:21He did not only teach us law and culture and taught us language, taught us country, but he taught us how to love.
01:33And where he was, what he was doing, guru, would always be up for a young, willingly sharing his wealth of knowledge, his wisdom, his teaching and his learnings of law.
01:51This respected sacred space, the elder's journey now complete, a legacy of love, bittersweet.