This chapter explores how Indigenous relationships with Country and Indigenous knowledge systems can profoundly reshape mainstream societies’ understanding of place and planet. Using reflections from Gumbaynggirr and Awabakal Country, it demonstrates how Indigenous conceptions of Country embody deep kinship ties to land, waters, environment, and community, extending far beyond Western notions of land as property or resource. Dreaming stories illustrate sophisticated understandings of long-term environmental change and offer crucial lessons in sustainability, custodianship, and adaptation. The chapter also highlights the transformative role of universities, particularly through positions such as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), in embedding Indigenous knowledge across all disciplines, building bicultural competence, and reshaping curricula to reflect Aboriginal perspectives. This integration enriches both teaching and research, while fostering respectful and reciprocal engagement with Indigenous communities. Ultimately, such approaches promote collective responsibility for Country and advance more sustainable, just, and enduring futures.