Two legal challenges threaten to overturn the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas project. A legal expert considers their prospects.
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Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.
Environmental and First Nations groups have campaigned against extending Karratha’s large gas plant. Australia’s new environment minister just approved it.
The World Heritage Listing for Victoria’s Budj Bim fish traps was ground-breaking. Here are five other Australian Indigenous sites that also deserve greater attention.
An image of a ship on a rock in Western Australia’s Dampier Archipelago depicts HMC Mermaid – the main vessel of Phillip Parker King, an unsung hero of Australian exploration.
Rock art in the Dampier Archipelago and the Burrup Peninsula contains engravings of animals that are now extinct, such as thylacines and a fat-tailed species of kangaroos.
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Professor, Director of Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Associate professor in History, Deakin University
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor Emeritus, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
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Professor of Archaeology (World Rock Art), School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology, Flinders University