Friends of Australian Rock Art Perth [[email protected]]
Dear Friends,
On Tuesday 4 September, Aboriginal custodians of Murujuga (“the Burrup Peninsula”) in the Pilbara region of WA lodged an application under sections 9 and 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act 1984 (Cth) with Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The Wong-goo-tt-oo native title group is requesting that Malcolm Turnbull:
(a) issue a thirty day declaration preventing Woodside from moving or destroying the art (s.9), and