Mature Adults Learning Association

MALA® is an acronym for the legally incorporated association Mature Adults Learning Association (Inc).   MALA® is also a Registered Trademark for our organisation across Australia.  

Some 41-43 years ago, the organisation was formed by community members for a community of mature adults wishing to continue learning for the pleasure, knowledge, health and social benefits it brings.

Members and lecturers to MALA acknowledge the original First Nation custodians of the lands on which we meet, and are aware of the rufus hare-wallaby known as mala, and we show great respect for the ancestral and current significance it holds for many First Nation peoples.

Our use of the acronym is not a reference to the animal itself nor of its significance to First Nation peoples.

We acknowledge with thanks the work of John Bunday who created and maintained the original website perthmala.org.au (which is no longer operational.)

MALA acknowledges and thanks Tim Hall for his generous assistance in the graphic design of our MALA Logo.