Reports, articles, and scientific papers
Scientific articles and papers
‘Where is justice for the Yaburara People? Flawed government decisions continue the intergenerational trauma from the 1868 massacres in Murujuga, Western Australia’, Robert G. Bednarik and John L. Black, Rock Art Research, forthcoming - 2026
‘Murujuga Matters’, Benjamin W. Smith, 8 October 2024
‘OPINION PIECE: Gaslighting: The inside story of the Woodside North West Shelf approval’, Benjamin W. Smith, 2 October 2025
‘Woodside vs the Planet’, Marian Wilkinson, Quarterly Essay, Issue 99, September 2025
‘Scientific Evidence Supports the Degradation of Globally Significant Palaeoart by Industrial Emissions on Murujuga, Western Australia’, John L. Black, Conservation and Management of Archeological Sites, 6 July 2025
‘Evaluation of the MRAMP report in relation to rock art’, John L. Black, June 2025
‘The Effects of acidic pollution on the rock art of Murujuga’, Benjamin W. Smith, Murujuga Rock Art Conservation Project Report, April 2024
‘Petroglyphs on Murujuga, Western Australia — Unique, Endangered, and Disappearing — The R.G Bednarik Legacy for Hope’, John L. Black & Robin H. Chapple, 22 December 2022
‘Monitoring Rock Art Decay: Archival Image Analysis of Petroglyphs on Murujuga, Western Australia’, Benjamin W. Smith et al., November 2022
‘Artificial weathering of rock types bearing petroglyphs from Murujuga, Western Australia’, Jolam T. Neumann et al., 2022
‘Without them – what then? People, petroglyphs and Murujuga’, Ken Mulvaney, 2022
‘The impact of industrial pollution on the rock art of Murujuga, Western Australia’, Benjamin W. Smith et al., 2022
‘Theoretical effects of industrial emissions on colour change at rock art sites on Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia’, John L. Black et al., 2017
‘Effects of moisture, micronutrient supplies and microbiological activity on the surface pH of rocks in the Burrup Peninsula’, Ian MacLeod, 2005
‘The Survival of the Murujuga (Burrup) Petroglyphs', Robert G. Bednarik, January 2002
Reports
‘Acid Wash: Claims that Murujuga rock art is safe from industrial emissions are unreliable and unfounded’ Piers Verstegen, July 2025
‘Woodside’s Acid Test: How acid emissions from Woodside’s LNG operations are destroying ancient rock art at Murujuga’, Piers Verstegen in collaboration with Friends of Australian Rock Art Inc., August 2024
‘Why Woodside’s Burrup Hub developments should not proceed’, Conservation Council of WA, 2020