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Never mind our country is the desert - that's where we belong. And we love where we belong, the whole land.
We know the stories for the land. The Seven Sisters travelled right across - in the Beginning. They form the land. It's very important Tjukur - the Law, the Dreaming that must not be disturbed. The Seven Sisters are everywhere. We can give the evidence for what we say - we can show you the dance of the Seven Sisters.
Listen to us!
The desert lands are not as dry as you think! Can't the government plainly see that there is water here? Nothing can live without water. There's a big underground river underneath. We know that the poison from the radioactive dump will go down under the ground and leak into the water. We drink from this water. Only the government and people like that have tanks. The animals drink from this water - malu - the kangaroo, kalaya - emu, ngintaka - porcupine, perentie - goanna and all the others. We eat these animals - that's our meat. We're worried that any of these animals will become poisoned and we'll become poisoned in our turn.


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