Indigenous peoples and cultural impacts

Local issues - National issues - Global issues

Local issues

Uranium Mining and Aboriginal People
http://www.sea-us.org.au/blackuranium.html
"...The provision of Australian uranium to the world nuclear fuel cycle creates problems relevant to Australian sovereignty, the environment, the economic welfare of our people, and the rights and wellbeing of the Aboriginal people".

Jabiluka Sacred Sites Set for Destruction http://www.mirrar.net/pages/break_out.htm
Media releases; text only ; Hi fi; or Shockwave options

The Northern Land Council and Exploration Licience Agreements.
http://www.urg.org.au/exploration/exp_aboract
/nlc%20agreements.htm
Mining companies entering into joint venture arrangements with Aboriginal corporations, outside the framework of the Land Rights Act, is applicable to the West Arnhem Land situation.

Statement by Jabiluka's Traditional Owners http://nccnsw.org.au/member/tws/projects
/Jabiluka/owners.html
Date: 10 November 1997. We, the Mirrar Gundjehmi, Mirrar Erre, Bunitj, and Manilakarr clan...

Jabiluka Mill Alternative
http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/dlpe/enviro/register
/complete/jabmilalt/social.htm
Social Issues and Impact ; Heritage and Cultural Values; List of Public Respondents to the Jabiluka PER;

Law and Culture - Part 1
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt
/lstories/lr100996.htm
Law and Culture in the Ngarinyin Tribal Lands - Part 1 Non-Indigenous lawyers sit with elders and law men.

Law and Culture - Part 2
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt
/lstories/lr170996.htm
Law and Culture in the Ngarinyin Tribal Lands - Part 2 Non-Indigenous lawyers sit with elders and law men.

Law and Culture - Part 3
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt
/lstories/lr240996.htm
Law and Culture in the Ngarinyin Tribal Lands - Part 3 Non-Indigenous lawyers sit with elders and law men.

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

National issues

Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Folklore and Knowledge.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n2
/githaiga52.html
This paper is concerned with the debate as to whether modern intellectual property regimes adequately protect indigenous cultural heritage.

Our Culture - Our Future
http://www.icip.lawnet.com.au/summary.htm
The current Australian legal framework offers limited recognition and protection of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property:

Principles and Guidelines For The Protection Of The Heritage of Indigenous People
http://www.icip.lawnet.com.au/info4.htm
Elaborated By The Special Rapporteur of the Subcommission, Mrs. Erica-Irene Daes

Concerns about Aboriginal ownership of national parks http://www.speednet.com.au/~abarca
/npj9710 /concerns.htm
Pam Allan NSW Minister for the Environment

Social impacts of Uranium Mining http://aucwa.iinet.net.au/australian_industry
/nt_industry/jabiluka_social.html
All of the social studies in the Kakadu area have found that the negative aspects of mining outweigh any positives. Links to world heritage, Kakadu, ERA, Mirrar clan graphics, maps

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

An Analysis of the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
http://www.atsic.gov.au/indigrights/one.htm - outdated link
See http://www.atsic.gov.au for other articles and interesting information.

Our Culture, Our Future
http://www.icip.lawnet.com.au/info2.htm
Fact sheet 2 : International Developments - Intellectual Property Law

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

Kakadu - World Heritage In Danger http://www.wilderness.org.au/member/tws
/projects/Jabiluka/in_danger.html
Background information; Suggested Corrective Measures; Cultural Mapping; Recommendations

Honour our earth
http://www.honorearth.com/newakwasasne.html
The Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment

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.