Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians have marked six weeks of continuous cultural ceremony at the edge of Adani’s Carmichael mine in central Queensland, to prevent the destruction of their country and the sacred Doongmabulla springs.
The custodians are using the Queensland human rights act as a legal avenue to stay on their own land - practicing their traditional language and bushcraft since the ceremony began on August 26th, with the construction of a traditional Bora Ring.
They’re the only First Nations group to have used the Human rights act as a legal avenue to stay on their own land.
Adani used the courts to bankrupt Wangan and Jagalingou elder and activist, Adrian Burragubba in 2019, pursuing him for costs over his failed legal actions to prevent the mine from going ahead.