Mining Blast in Australia Shattered 47,000 Years of Aboriginal Heritage by Michael Slack, Jordan Ralph, Wallace Boone Law, Th from Gizmodo on 2024-07-26 14:40 (#6PGVY) In May 2020, Rio Tinto's mine expansion destroyed an ancient rockshelter in Western Australia, erasing 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage and sparking global outrage.