The Indigenous way of life in the outback at risk from fracking – in pictures

Proposals which could allow exploration for fracking in Australia's Northern Territory have been met with concern by the region's Indigenous peoples. The traditional owners of the land in Watarrka National Park - which includes the internationally famous King's Canyon - say fracking for coal and gas in the national park could contaminate the groundwater or cause precious and sacred water holes to dry up. Photographer Dean Sewell has documented the region and its people, recording a way of life that is now in jeopardy

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