Submerged Indigenous heritage sites – called Sea Country by many First Nations peoples – are at risk of being lost because of blind spots in Australia’s environmental management policies, according to two new studies published in Australian Archaeology. The first study, led by John McCarthy of Flinders University, highlighted that the waters north of Northern …Continue reading缺乏海洋政策place submerged Aboriginal heritage sites at risk
Tag:indigenous australia
‘Although we didn’t produce these problems, we suffer them’
By Bhiamie Williamson, Australian National University NAIDOC week has just begun and, after several tumultuous years of disasters in Australia, the theme this year is Heal Country. In the last two years, Australia has suffered crippling drought that saw the Darling-Baaka run dry, catastrophic bushfires, and major flooding throughout coastal and inland areas of Australia’s …Continue reading‘Although we didn’t produce these problems, we suffer them’
The Australian story, told beneath the sea
Submerged archaeological sites discovered off Australia’s northwest coast offer a new window into the migrations, lives and cultures of Aboriginal people thousands of years ago, when the continental shelf was dry. This was a time when around 20 million square kilometres of land was exposed, before the last glacial loosened its grip on the planet …Continue readingThe Australian story, told beneath the sea