We are pleased to share a recent paper published on Rock Art Research 2017, Vol 34, N.2 (pp 130-148). The piece sheds some light on how change to the rock art of Murujuga has been inadequately monitored, and offers some ...
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Friends of Australian Rock Art is proud to announce the launch of the “Save Australia’s Heritage from Industrial Pollution” crowd-funding campaign. Australia’s largest and oldest rock art site, Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia), is threatened by serious industrial pollution. This ...
Read MoreHelp save the Burrup Peninsula’s world famous rock art Support independent scientic research urgently needed to protect the art from permanent damage from industry Western Australia’s Burrup Peninsula, known as Murujuga to local Indigenous people, has the largest known concentration ...
Read MoreExplosive new research findings will reveal the extent to which Murujuga rock art is being destroyed rapidly by industrial pollution. The Burrup Peninsula and Murujuga National Park holds the greatest known concentration of rock art in the world, with an ...
Read MoreFARA has an image of a toxic cloud released recently by YARA during its commissioning phase. The released occurred earlier this month. We understand it might happen quarterly, as these releases of toxic material might occur with every start up ...
Read MoreAs our readers might be aware, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) did not present any submissions nor testified at the Federal Senate inquiry in February this year. This Pilbara Aboriginal corporation is made up by five groups, the Ngarluma people, the Mardudhunera ...
Read MoreSince the 1960s the ancient petroglyphs of the Burrup peninsula / Dampier Archipelago, estimated now at 45,000 years old, have had to struggle against increasing industrial development. In a recent scientific paper published in the peer-reviewed international Journal of Archaeological ...
Read MoreThat is what has happened in Norway, where the Sami Parliament might have been instrumental in pushing KLP, the second largest pension fund, to divest from the controversial Dakota Access Pipe Line project in the USA. Vibeke Larsen, president of ...
Read More**BREAKING NEWS** Mark McGowan, WA Labor leader, has finally broken his silence about what he would do about the astonishing heritage on Murujuga, or Burrup Peninsula, in the Pilbara region. Below is his statement, given when he was asked today if ...
Read MoreWe were thrilled to be contacted by Mike Taverner, who after reading some articles about the rock art of the Burrup on the Canberra Times, decided to write a letter to the newspaper. Below is what he wrote. Last week ...
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