They are a really respected group of Aboriginal people. It's my grandmother's line that is from Malera. We come from the grandmother's blood line. The Malera are a matrilineal nation. It goes back four generations, on the women's side.
Custodianship is with women and men but women hold Grandmother's Law through the direct bloodline.
Whilst equally acknowledging all family members and their Dreamings and totems to Malera it's my responsibility as a Malera daughter to speak out on this. More than an environmental issue, the proposed mine is an attack on the Malera people, their land and identity, argues Malera-Bandjalan. Malera is sacred to us as a people. To attack our land is to attack our people. To mine Malera is to totally kill our spirit.