Category: Mirarr history
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Video: Jabiluka will never be mined.
Mirarr Traditional Owner Corben Mudjandi speaks about intergenerational resistance to uranium mining.
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Video: Rehabilitating the Ranger Mine
This is the story of a new approach to rehabilitating land – of healing country the Bininj way. The Ranger uranium mine opened in the Northern Territory in 1982 and exported uranium oxide worldwide for 40 years. Ranger mine is located on the lands of the Mirrar people. It’s surrounded by Kakadu National Park, a…
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Photograph: Jabiru in Mirarr hands at long last, June, 2021
The Mirarr Traditional Owners are very happy and proud that the long fight for recognition of traditional ownership at Jabiru has culminated in the grant of freehold title under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act. “This is a great day for Mirarr people,” said Mirarr Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula. “The handing back of…
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Painting: ‘Djidbidjidbi (King Brown Snake Dreaming)’, by Tim Djandjomerr.
The escarpment overlooking Ranger uranium mine, ‘Djidbidjidbi’ (King Brown Snake Dreaming)—also called Mount Brockman—is a sacred place for Mirarr. The power of this site and the risk that it would be disturbed by the proposed mine formed a big part of Mirarr’s opposition to Ranger. This bark painting, by Tim Djandjomerr, depicts Djidbidjidbi.
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Painting: ‘Djidbidjidbi (King Brown Snake Dreaming)’, by Mark Djandjomerr, 2015.
The escarpment overlooking Ranger uranium mine, ‘Djidbidjidbi’ (King Brown Snake Dreaming)—also called Mount Brockman—is a sacred place for Mirarr. The power of this site and the risk that it would be disturbed by the proposed mine formed a big part of Mirarr’s opposition to Ranger. This 2015 painting, by Mark Djandjomerr, depicts Djidbidjidbi.