Remote WA peninsula with rock art nominated for world heritage listing

Indigenous groups say decision to nominate Murujuga cultural area is deeply hypocritical' because of government support for industrial projects in the area

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A remote Western Australia peninsula used continuously by Aboriginal people for about 50,000 years and which is home to more than a million rock art paintings has been nominated as a world heritage site.

The nomination of the Murujuga cultural area comes amid longstanding concerns about the impacts of multi-billion dollar industrial development at the Burrup peninsula, which is home to rock art, known as petroglyphs.

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