INTERVIEW: PERDAMAN ROCK ART REMOVALS HORRIFY ADVOCATES
BY CONRAD MACLEAN
Perdaman CEO Vikas Rambal, local member Kevin Michel, WA Premier Mark McGowan and Deputy Premier Roger Cook visited Murujuga on Wednesday. Credit: Eliza Kloser.
A rock art advocacy organisation has expressed horror at the commencement of construction on a new urea project last week at Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula, in the Pilbara.
The Friends of Australian Rock Art voiced their opposition to the Perdaman Urea Project after it started construction on the Burrup Peninsula last week, saying it would damage ancient rock art carvings in the area through chemical emissions.
The organisation is also concerned because three existing pieces of rock art have been relocated for the project.
Scientists are divided on the question of how industrial pollution impacts the Murujuga rock art.
Listen to an interview with the Friends of Australian Rock Art’s Co-Convenor Judith Hugo: