‘Where’s the accountability?’: Indigenous elders decry ‘irreparable’ coalmine damage to heritage site
by Peter Hannam Economics correspondent from on (#6R8TE)
Exclusive: Leaders warn damage to artwork at Dendrobium coalmine in NSW could be a second Juukan Gorge'
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A mine excavating coal beneath greater Sydney's water catchment has damaged a site of significant" cultural heritage, prompting an investigation by the New South Wales government and warnings from Indigenous elders about a second Juukan Gorge".
A routine inspection at the Dendrobium coalmine near Cordeaux dam in March found fracturing and associated rock falls beneath an overhang that features culturally significant artwork, authorities say. Subsidence, as soil and rocks sank into the void left by the mining, is blamed for the cracking.
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