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BRIEF
Aboriginal icons destroyed for profit

Avery West, Perth

2 December 2006

In a November 25 media release, Michael Anderson, a spokesperson for the Gumilaroi Nation, accused the federal and WA state governments of “not having the intestinal fortitude to stand against the multinationals who seek to destroy Aboriginal culture”. He was commenting on the threatened destruction of ancient Aboriginal rock art on the the Dampier Archipelago, resulting from the $50 billion Pluto Gas natural gas project by Woodside Energy on the Burrup Peninsula.

“For the sake of profit they are destroying our
iconic symbols that are older than the pyramids of Egypt”, said Anderson.

The World Monuments Fund has put the Dampier Rock Art Complex on its list of 100 of the world’s most endangered sites.