Category: Koongarra
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Photograph: Jeffrey Lee, Koongarra, 2013
Portrait of Jeffrey Lee, senior custodian of the Koongarra uranium deposit. In 1970 uranium was discovered at Koongarra by the Canadian mining company Noranda. In 1977 the conservative Fraser government excluded the Koongarra Project Area (KPA) from the newly established Kakadu National Park. The KPA lies within the traditional lands of the Djok clan and…
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Video: ‘A Win for Kakadu’, 2013.
In this video, Djok Senior Traditional Owner Jeffrey Lee explains the importance of Koongarra and the sustained efforts to keep the uranium deposit from being mined.