Tag: Sacred Sites
Confusion remains over marina development heritage impact
A Yorke Peninsula Aboriginal leader says there is still confusion about whether the $100 million Stansbury marina development will disturb an ancient Aboriginal heritage site.[MORE]
Elder wants greater sacred site protection
A Yorke Peninsula Aboriginal elder wants Federal Government action to protect and preserve Indigenous heritage and cultural sites.[MORE]
11th-hour fight to save sacred site
An Indigenous group has made an 11th-hour bid to the Federal Government to stop an upgrade of the Pacific Highway north of Newcastle because it fears it could destroy a traditional sacred site.[MORE]
Range driving threatens sacred sites
The manager of the Alice Springs Desert Park says people are putting themselves and sacred sites at risk by riding and driving on the Heavitree Range.[MORE]
Aborigines demand heritage list control
Tasmania's Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has demanded the State Government returns control of a database of thousands of indigenous heritage sites around the state.[MORE]
Council urged to crack down on sacred site camping
The chief executive of the Alice Springs native title body Lhere Artepe says town council rangers need more authority to move people camping at sacred sites.[MORE]
Cowra quarry expansion planned
The operators of a Cowra region sand and quartz quarry want to extend the site, to ensure its future.[MORE]
Water authority backs pipeline cultural heritage plan
Water officials say a new plan will help them to better deal with any Aboriginal heritage problems during work on the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline.[MORE]
Tree death sparks sacred sites plea
The Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority says the custodians of a sacred ironwood tree in Alice Springs are extremely distressed by its destruction.[MORE]
Resources boom 'putting Aboriginal rock art at risk'
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Aboriginal rock art is at risk of being by the country's resources boom, experts say.[MORE]
Indigenous elders concerned over cultural site
A group of Indigenous elders say they are concerned about the protection of a significant site in the Simpson Desert in the state's far west. [MORE]
Elders say more protection needed for Indigenous burial site
A group of Indigenous elders say they are concerned about the protection of a significant site in the Simpson Desert in Queensland's far west.[MORE]
Central Land Council hears final claim
The Central Land Council director says hearings and submissions will continue in central Australia this week in what is expected to be the last land claim under the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act.[MORE]
Bulldozer driven through heritage site
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria says it appears a bulldozer was driven through an Aboriginal heritage site during works on the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline.[MORE]
Council gives conditional approval for Taylor Oval plan
The Moree Plains Shire Council has given its conditional approval for a proposed shopping centre development on Taylor Oval.[MORE]
GWM Water may be penalised over cultural site breach
Water authorities say a breach of Aboriginal heritage regulations that is delaying work on the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline was a mistake.[MORE]
Indigenous site halts Wimmera-Mallee pipeline work
Work has ground to a halt on two sections of the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline after crews disturbed an Aboriginal heritage site.[MORE]
Chalmers apologises for damage to Wilora sacred site
The operational head of the Northern Territory Emergency Response has apologised for digging up a sacred site in a Central Australian Aboriginal community to upgrade a rubbish tip. [MORE]
McArthur River traditional owners take case back to court
The legal battle over one of the world's richest zinc deposits - at McArthur River - is set to go another round.[MORE]
Mayor up-beat about Indigenous consultative committee
The Mayor of the Moree Plains Shire Council says he is hopeful the formation of a new Indigenous consultative committee will help in the debate over the development of a new supermarket complex.[MORE]
McArthur River traditional owners 'on the warpath' over site access
Traditional owners from the Gulf of Carpentaria - who are seeking access to sacred sites on land leased to the mining company Xstrata - say they are ready for more protest action.[MORE]
Xstrata changes stance on McArthur River sacred site
The traditional owners fighting for access to a sacred site at the McArthur River mine say they are close to a breakthrough.[MORE]
Traditional owners threaten to occupy McArthur River Mine
Police are seeking legal advice about what they can do if people protesting against Xstrata's diversion of McArthur River near the Gulf of Carpentaria occupy the mine site.[MORE]
Land Council wants investigation into sacred site lock-out
Northern Land Council says Xstrata may have broken the law by denying a group of Aboriginal people access to a sacred site at McArthur River.[MORE]
Traditional owners locked out of sacred McArthur River site
Traditional owners in the NT's McArthur River region have been denied access to a sacred ceremonial site.[MORE]
