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2007-04-20 11:43 AM +0800 |
Standup for the Burrup action: Perth - Convention Exhibition Centre - Woodside Annual General Meeting
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROCK ART THAT WOODSIDE IS DESTROYING...
Dampier Rock Art Precinct comprises possibly the largest concentration of petroglyphs (rock carvings) in the world and possibly the largest number of megaliths (stone arrangements) known in Australia.
Estimates of the number of rock art motifs range from 300,000 to well over 1,000,000 images. There are many types and styles of carvings in the Archipelago, they are thought to represent a period from our recent history up to 30,000 years in age, straddling the last ice age some 17,000 years ago. The place constitutes the greatest continuous cultural site in Australia.
The Archipelago is also a site of great aesthetic attributes, visual and non-visual, being the place where the magnificent hills of the Pilbara meet the Indian Ocean. It has considerable value as a geological showcase and it is home to three endangered animal species and 39 endangered or endemic plant species. It has impressive marine life (dugong, turtle beaches and whale nursery) and wetland areas.
But its significance as Australia's largest monument to Indigenous culture completely overshadows all its other qualities. Its importance to Australia is apparent by the fact that it easily meets all of the nine criteria for World Heritage listing.
Petroglyphs are numerous in many other parts of Australia, but nowhere do they even remotely approach those of Dampier in terms of sheer number, history, variety or continuity.
The rock art of the Archipelago remains an important cultural focus for Aboriginal people in the region, comprising as it does thousands of sacred images and ceremonial sites (e.g. tharlu increase sites).
It thus remains an utterly sacred place not only to the local Indigenous communities, but also for all Australians and, indeed, all people. This quintessentially Australian and entirely unique cultural property needs to be included on the World and National Heritage List. It is a place of unparalleled artistic, cultural, religious and historical significance, as well as a place of magnificent natural beauty.
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