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"The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal site
featuring one million carvings that potentially date back 50,000 years to its
World Heritage list.
Located on the Burrup peninsula in Western Australia, Murujuga is home to the
Mardudunera people, who declared themselves “overjoyed” when UNESCO gave the
ancient site a coveted place on its list on Friday.
“These carvings are what our ancestors left here for us to learn and keep their
knowledge and keep our culture thriving through these sacred sites,” said Mark
Clifton, a member of the Aboriginal delegation meeting with UNESCO
representatives in Paris.
Environmental and Indigenous organisations argue that the presence of mining
groups emitting industrial emissions has already caused damage to the ancient
site.
Benjamin Smith, a rock art specialist at the University of Western Australia,
said Murujuga was “possibly the most important rock art site in the world”, but
that mining activity was causing the rock art to “break down”.
“We should be looking after it,” he said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
