‘These are sacred places’: farmers say they will work with traditional owners after NSW land saved from coalmine

Gomeroi traditional custodians seek assurances Liverpool Plains farmland will be accessible to Indigenous people

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Farmers have committed to working with traditional owners after land in New South Wales' Liverpool Plains previously acquired for a Chinese state-owned coalmine was bought back by local farming families.

Dolly Talbott, a representative of the Gomeroi traditional custodians, said traditional owners were still seeking assurances that their sacred places were safe and accessible to Indigenous people.

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