We have lost enough without losing any more, especially our Dreaming and sacred sites. Especially those that are of particular strength to women. It's about women's strength, women's identity, their role as providers. Malera-Bandjalan warns that the integrity of bloodlines should not be undermined. Our bloodlines are our link to our land.
Identity is really important.
I mean, if you don't know where you're from, you're never going to know where you're going to. The most important thing about it is the whole Stolen Generation. It's important that people can go home to a true blood line, to a true tradition. As long as they can't do that these kids will never come home. So it's important for those coming home and those who have always been at home, to keep some of the stories in their Dreamings.