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Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 28 August 2020  Page Views: 5074

Rock ArtSite Name: Pibara Petroglyphs Alternative Name: Weelumurra Cave
Country: Australia
NOTE: This site is 55.027 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tom Price
Latitude: 22.6939S  Longitude: 117.793100E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Juukan Gorge
Juukan Gorge submitted by dodomad : Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. Rio Tinto says it has ‘taken accountability’ for destruction of 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site. Photo Credit: PKKP Aboriginal Corporation Site in Australia (Vote or comment on this photo)
Mining giant BHP Billiton was poised to destroy many more significant Aboriginal sites in the central Pilbara, Western Australia to expand its $4.5bn South Flank iron ore mining operation, even though its own reports show it is aware that the traditional owners are deeply opposed to the move. Photo left: 46,000 year old Rock Shelter site which was destroyed in a blast to expand the Brockman 4 iron ore mine.

In documents seen by Guardian Australia, a BHP archaeological survey identified rock shelters that were occupied between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago and noted that evidence in the broader area showed “occupation of the surrounding landscape has been ongoing for approximately 40,000 years”.

BHP’s report in September 2019 identified 22 sites of artefacts scatters, culturally modified trees, rock shelters with painted rock art, stone arrangements, and 40 “built structures … believed to be potential archaeological sites”.
Rio Tinto blames 'misunderstanding' for destruction of 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site
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Under section 18 of the Western Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act, the traditional owners – in this case the Banjima people – are unable to lodge objections or to prevent their sacred sites from being damaged.

Location given is for the town of Tom Price,

Read more in The Guardian and see below for more information and links

Note: More than 100 ancient Aboriginal sites in Western Australia, some of which date before the last Ice Age, could still be destroyed by mining companies which have already obtained legal permission to do so. Prof Marcia Langton: Public attention is all that is keeping some companies from destroying many more sites. UPDATE: Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after rock shelter debacle
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Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : The Pilbara natural rock art effect: when a rock, a creek and weathering come together Image copyright: LucyASinclair (Lucy Sinclair), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : The Kimberley. Close up of Aboriginal rock art, Galvan Gorge. Image copyright: mitchellh53, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Murujuga National Park, Western Australia. Site in Australia Image copyright: Cale McMillen (Cale McMillen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Thylacene - tasmanian tiger Site in Australia According to an archeologist in the area, the thylacene (the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times) was last seen in the Australian continent more than 3,500 years ago. Based on that, contemporary knowledge assumes that this kind of petroglyph dates from that time - as there are not organic materials involved, the age of the image cannot... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Rock Art 2 Site in Australia Image copyright: Meegz-Kathleen (Megan Clarke), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Western Australia - Kimberley - Mitchell River - Rock Art - MR54C Site in Australia This figure is actually painted horizontally on the roof of a low rock shelter. Note the rather elaborate headdress with what appears to be a large feather on the top. This is rather like some of the petroglyphs figures in the Pilbara. I'm not sure what art period it should be assigned to - possibly the Painted Ha...

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Petroglyph Rock Art, Pilbara Site in Australia www.downundereavours.com Image copyright: downunderendeavours, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (1 comment)

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Rock Art Roo Site in Australia Image copyright: kwm00re (Ken Moore), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Rock Art 1 Site in Australia This is a picture of Rock Art Image copyright: Sue Waters (Sue Waters), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr : Rock Art 2 Site in Australia This is a picture of Rock Art Image copyright: Sue Waters (Sue Waters), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Pibara Petroglyphs
Pibara Petroglyphs submitted by dodomad : Map showing the principal rock art sites of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Source: First dating of Pilbara petroglyphs - Robert G. Bednarik, Hebei Normal University

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Re: Pibara Petroglyphs by mickmac on Saturday, 12 September 2020
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It bewilders me that the West Australian government and Rio Tinto had the audacity to commit this crime against world heritage.
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Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle by Andy B on Friday, 11 September 2020
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Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle

In a statement to Australian Stock Exchange the company confirms move that follows the blowing up of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia

The Rio Tinto chief executive, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed to intense investor pressure for strong action over its decision to blow up 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Rio Tinto said Jacques was leaving “by mutual agreement” with the board.

The iron ore head, Chris Salisbury, and the corporate affairs boss, Simone Niven, will also depart, the company said on Friday morning.

The move came after a week in which investors queued up to denounce as inadequate the board’s previous decision to cut the executives’ short-term bonuses in response to the scandal and the head of an Australian parliamentary committee looking into the affair raised concerns that the company had given the inquiry misleading evidence.

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/11/rio-tinto-ceo-senior-executives-resign-juukan-gorge-debacle-caves
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More than 100 Aboriginal sites some older then Ice Age could be destroyed by Andy B on Friday, 28 August 2020
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More than 100 ancient Aboriginal sites in Western Australia – some of which date before the last ice age – could be destroyed by mining companies which have already obtained legal permission to do so.

Guardian Australia has spoken to traditional owners in the iron ore-rich Pilbara who reveal their fears forsacred sites, including rock shelters with painted walls and scar trees.

A federal inquiry was recently established in response to the destruction by Rio Tinto of a 46,000-year-old rock shelter at Juukan Gorge deemed to be of the highest archaeological significance in Australia.

The shelter was destroyed by the iron ore giant in May against the consent of traditional owners, and sparked global outrage, an international shareholder revolt, and cost Rio Tinto its gold chip status for working with Indigenous people in Australia.

Its CEO and two top executives will lose a combined A$7m in bonuses as a result – although Australia’s largest retirement fund says those penalties do not go far enough.

Now one of the foremost Indigenous academics in Australia, Prof Marcia Langton, says public attention is all that is keeping some companies from destroying many more sites.

Langton, who has had a long involvement in research on the mining industry and has advised several companies on Indigenous engagement, said: “All of the existing authorities to destroy remain valid.”

She believes “the companies that have them are just biding their time and waiting for public attention to move to something else, and they will go ahead and destroy hundreds of sites – amongst them sites as important as Juukan Gorge”.

More at
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/28/more-than-100-aboriginal-sacred-sites-some-dating-before-the-ice-age-could-be-destroyed-by-mining-companies
and lots more coverage linked from there

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Pilbara mining blast confirmed to have destroyed 46,000yo sites by Andy B on Thursday, 11 June 2020
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Pilbara mining blast confirmed to have destroyed 46,000yo sites of 'staggering' significance
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-26/rio-tinto-blast-destroys-area-with-ancient-aboriginal-heritage/12286652

Rio Tinto blames 'misunderstanding' for destruction of 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site
Iron ore chief says company has ‘taken accountability’ for destroying site in blast to expand Brockman 4 mine
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/05/rio-tinto-blames-misunderstanding-for-destruction-of-46000-year-old-aboriginal-site

BHP to destroy at least 40 Aboriginal sites, up to 15,000 years old, to expand Pilbara mine
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/11/bhp-to-destroy-at-least-40-aboriginal-sites-up-to-15000-years-old-to-expand-pilbara-mine

Fears of another Juukan Gorge as concerns raised over Pilbara rock caves near FMG mine
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-06/fears-another-juukan-gorge-at-pilbara-rock-caves-near-fmg-mine/12327778

First dating of Pilbara petroglyphs - Robert G. Bednarik
The first attempts at scientific dating of petroglyphs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia are reported. Using microerosion analysis, a calibration curve has been established on the basis of a series of engraved historical dates, which is then used to estimate the ages of several petroglyphs. petroglyphs. The results indicate that some of these are of Pleistocene antiquity. The consistency of the preliminary results of this project with observations made elsewhere in Australia and abroad is noted.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242074813_First_dating_of_Pilbara_petroglyphs/download
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