Collection: ACF
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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.
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‘Stop Jabiluka, Stop Uranium Mining’ poster, (hand symbol designed by Kathleen McCann, 1996)
On designing the hand symbolBy Kathleen McCann, 2015 In 1996 I was in Jabiru in the Northern Territory. A community campaign to stop further uranium mining in Mirrar country was on the rise. Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) already operated the Ranger mine surrounded by Kakadu National Park and were pushing the Mirarr people to…
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Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry (Fox Inquiry), 1976-1977
Download or view Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry First Report (Fox Inquiry), 1976 Download or view Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry Second Report (Fox Inquiry), 1977