This year the Sydney Film Festival will include some First Nations movies, such as We don’t need a map (by Warwick Thornton) and In My Own Words (directed by Erica Glynn). Among the many documentaries, one is dedicated to the Pilbara. ...
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We are extremely pleased to announce that FARA has won the Western Australian Heritage Award for Contribution by a Community-based Organisation. Winners were announced on Friday 26 May 2017. The Heritage Awards have been running for 25 years. They aim at recognising ...
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 ...
Read MoreFriends of Australian Rock Art is truly pleased that Premier Barnett has promised that, if re-elected, he would push for World Heritage listing for Murujuga. However, we wonder why he did not go ahead over twelve months ago. Back then, ...
Read MoreOnce again it is that time of the year when we meet with our membership base. At FARA we look forward to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) as it is an important time to reflect and to share achievements and ...
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