Four people stand in front of the Australian national flag, Indigenous national flag and Torres Straight Islands flag, One person is dressed in green and gold and holding a citizenship certificate

From Skippy to citizenship, a home in the heart of the hinterland

For Sharon Risse, becoming an Australian citizen was never about paperwork or passports. It was about a dream that began when she was a little girl standing in her grandparents’ backyard in Germany, imagining a future on the other side of the world. “My journey to Australian citizenship is not dramatic or extraordinary, it was…