Cape York traditional owners call for land-clearing halt to protect burial sites

Queensland government takes Kingvale station to court over clearing that Olkola people say threatens sacred sites

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The traditional owners of Kingvale Station on Cape York peninsula have said clearing occurred on the property without their knowledge and sacred burial sites that are hundreds of years old are at risk from further bulldozing.

"If you don't know what you're looking for, you won't see them," said Mike Ross, chairman of the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation in Cape York.