Rio Tinto blast destroys 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site

Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Rio Tinto's destruction of the rare site was "disgraceful".

"I am appalled and deeply upset for the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people who have been treated with such blatant disregard and disrespect by the State Government and Rio Tinto," Ms Hanson-Young wrote on her Facebook account. "The destruction of this sacred site highlights another one of the failings of Australia's environment laws. It's clear we need stronger laws, not weaker ones or we will continue to see our environment and sacred sites destroyed for big business."

On its Facebook page, The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre likened the destruction of Juukan to the Taliban blowing up ancient statues in Afghanistan."But the dig turned up finds whose significance exceeded all expectations," the report said. Archaeologists discovered a 28,000-year-old tool made from bone and a piece of a 4000-year-old plaited hair belt, belonging to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners.The Sydney Morning Herald

Really sad if Private Companies and Governments do not protect and respect our Countries history.

Moving forward 👍

😔😌 😟

They just don't care.

Pass the tissues

The really sad part . You will never get it back . For all the money they make .

Oops

Of course they did ! Bastards

Bloody disgraceful goes to show money is everything,disrespectful bunch

Zzzzzzzzzzzz Says who?

haha so funny.

gov does not care about aboriginals.

That is devastating. Our government has such little respect for our first peoples. This should never have been allowed to happen.

Corporate prosecution ?

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