World heritage and Kakadu

Local issues - National issues - Global issues

Local issues

Location of Mirrar Gunred (Country)
http://www.mirrar.net/pages/maps_nav.htm
Click on the maps to see an enlarged versions showing the location of Kakadu National Park, Jabiluka and Mirrar Country.

Kakadu Regional Social Impact Study
http://www.urg.org.au/social/krsis_report_article.htm
KRSIS Report overview and recommendations.

Kakadu's Cultural Values
http://www.wilderness.org.au/member/tws/
projects/Jabiluka//cultural.html
For over 40,000 years Aboriginal people have lived on that land, worked it, cared for it

Mining in Kakadu
http://www.sea-us.org.au/savekakadu.html
Graphics . short background overview

Proposed Jabiluka Mine
http://www.sea-us.org.au/jabiluka/jabiluka.html

Kakadu Hot Cake
http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/jabiluka/default.htm
The Federal Government has given the go-ahead to the Jabiluka Mine in the Alligator Rivers region adjacent to the world-heritage listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Graphics; Maps

Land rights at the core of uranium mine controversy
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ausasia/front/1frontJU27.html
Margarula and her people argue Jabiluka will contaminate their home -- part of Australia's premier national park -- by releasing millions of tonnes of radioactive waste.

Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation
http://www.green.net.au/gundjehmi/media.htm
Media Releases

Aboriginal Concerns with Uranium
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greenntt/aborigin.htm
Aboriginal Benefits Trust Fund; Traditional Owners; Northern Land council Press Releases; Relevant Aboriginal Incorporations; Links

Whose Land?
http://www.whoseland.com/event3/home.html
Press conference: Ben Elton on Jabiluka; International Pressure & the Mirrar Clan; the history of uranium mining on Mirrar Land; Mining at Jabiluka, people's comments; graphics

National issues

Australian Conservation Foundation http://www.acfonline.org.au/campaigns.htm
Links, publications, forums, latest media releases

Jabiluka
http://www.urg.org.au/jabiluka/index.htm
Links to UNESCO World Heritage Report; Kakadu Regional Social Impact study; economic propoganda on Jabiluka; graphics.

Summary to the Submission by the Government of Australia
http://www.erin.gov.au/portfolio/epg/eianet/
notifications/MIJ_sub_UNESCO.html
UNESCO World Heritage Mission to Kakadu National Park October-November 1998

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.
http://www.energyres.com.au/kakadu/
Kakadu National Park; World Heritage; Maps; Links, ERA publications; News Releases and Announcements.

Uranium Mining Versus Aboriginal Land Rights
http://csf.colorado.edu/lists/pen-l/jan98/0247.html
Jabiluka is a symbol for many things confronting Australia: our identity and how we see ourselves at this crucial time in our history. Jabiluka involves the issues of native title and Wik, and whether we are prepared to respect Aboriginal peoples' rights to control their land"

ABC Radio National Search Engine
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/
Search for recent reports on Jabiluka by typing "Jabiluka" or a related topic into the search box.

Global issues

Report on the mission to Kakadu National Park, Australia, 26th October to lst November 1998
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~greenntt/unesco.htm
UNESCO: BUREAU OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
The report focuses primarily on ascertained and potential threats to the World Heritage values of Kakadu National Park.

Jabiluka
http://www.urg.org.au/jabiluka/patrick_jabiluka_article.htm
It now seems inevitable that Kakadu will be listed "World Heritage in-danger", as recommended by the recent UNESCO mission to Kakadu National Park.

World Heritage Committee meddling in the internal affairs of Sovereign Nations - yet again
debate.pdf
Pro-uranium mining letter to American President Bill Clinton calling for the US Congress to stop the World Heritage Commission getting involved in the Jabiluka mine issue.
(You need Acrobat Reader to view this file)

The Wilderness Society
http://nccnsw.org.au/member/tws/news/media/index.html
Media Release Index. Kakadu, Jabiluka, World Heritage

Jabiluka - World Heritage Committee report
http://www.wilderness.org.au/member/tws/
projects/Jabiluka/commreport.html
Information Document: Report on the mission to Kakadu National Park, Australia, 26 October to 1 November 1998

Environmental battle waged in Australia's Kakadu National Park
http://editor@earthtimes.org/oct/
environmentenvironmentalbattleoct26_98.htm (DEAD LINK)
The World Heritage listed area, home to the Mirrar people for more than 50,000 years, is also the site of a uranium mining lease.

Blue Sky Crime
http://www.southerncross.co.uk/issue/506/news.html
The eyes of the world are on Jabiluka in Australia's Kakadu National Park, following the Federal Government's unwavering intention to construct a uranium mine.

Stop Jabiluka Mine
http://aucwa.iinet.net.au/australian_industry/
nt_industry/jabiluka.html
Excellent anti-uranium mining site with information on historical background and economic and social impacts