It was a calamity in cultural terms likened to the destruction of the Buddhist statues of Bamyan and the ancient city of Palmyra. The explosive eradication of two Aboriginal sites in West Australia’s Juukan Gorge in May, said to be 46,000 years old, moved Peter Stone, the UNESCO chair in Cultural Property Protection and...
Full ArticleRio Tinto Turns Cultural Vandal: The Destruction Of The Juukan Gorge Caves – OpEd
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