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More eyes on Murujuga after prestigious TIME Magazine listing
It was a long battle for the extraordinary Murujuga landscape across the Burrup...
David Prestipino 23 Mar 2026
Construction set to begin on ranger housing at Murujuga National Park
A local Karratha builder in Australia's north-west will soon commence constructi...
David Prestipino 19 Jan 2026
What were the most prominent stories in Indigenous affairs throughout 2025?
A broad range of topics made headlines in Indigenous affairs throughout 2025. Na...
Exclusive: The painful legacy of the BIMEA agreement on the Pilbara’s first people
From one angle, the industrial development on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Au...
Natasha Clark 2 Jan 2026
'They should sit with us': MAC slams unannounced Canadian visit to Murujuga World Heritage Site
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation chairperson and Traditional Owner Peter Hicks ha...
NIT staff writers 10 Dec 2025
State injects millions into protection of Burrup Peninsula rock art

On WA's Burrup Peninsula, where 50,000-year-old engravings from First Nations people are etched across the rock, Traditional Owners say new funding will help protect one of the world's oldest cultural...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 9, 2025
Nyamina hits the seas to protect World Heritage listed Murujuga

Protection of one of the world's richest and ancient collections of engraved rock art has stretched from land to sea, with the arrival of a new Ranger vessel to preserve sea Country in the World Herit...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Nov 28, 2025
Murujuga World Heritage recognition marked with celebration at Burrup Peninsula

Aboriginal families from across the Pilbara gathered at Hearson's Cove on the Burrup Peninsula, where the bay's afternoon light turns a soft lavender, to mark a moment for which their Elders had waite...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Nov 24, 2025
From rock art to sea turtles: Murujuga women rangers lead protection of World Heritage landscape

On a women's site of red rock and wind-carved outcrops on the Burrup Peninsula in WA's Pilbara region, two young Murujuga women rangers walk among the ancient stone.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 23, 2025
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation welcomes long-awaited declaration from minister on cultural landscape

Federal environment minister Murray Watt has given a green light to continued industrial activity and expansion around the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in WA's Pilbara region, with some new conditions...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 12, 2025
Federal Court finds government unreasonably delayed ministerial decision on Murujuga application - "with no adequate explanation"

The federal government has unreasonably delayed its decision on a Section 10 application regarding the Murujuga Cultural Landscape and will most likely have to pay the legal costs of the court action...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 25, 2025
Environment Minister says industry can co-exist with rock art following Murujuga World Heritage listing

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt says the science is clear that "industry can co-exist with rock art" on the Burrup Peninsula, amid concerns about industrial impacts on Western Australia's Mur...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 14, 2025
BREAKING: UNESCO includes Murujuga Cultural Landscape on World Heritage List

UNESCO has voted to include the Murujuga Cultural Landscape, home to the world's greatest collection of ancient rock art, on the World Heritage List.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 11, 2025
The eyes of the world are now on Murujuga

As the global spotlight turns to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape, which the World Heritage Committee is currently considering for listing, two contrasting scientific reports have sparked a wider debat...

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Staff writers Jul 10, 2025
Exclusive: Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation 'positive and confident' about making history at UNESCO

Currently in Paris to make the case for UNESCO World Heritage listing of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape, representatives of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation say the listing represents "greater pro...

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Maria Marouchtchak Jul 10, 2025
Delegation in Paris ahead of Murujuga Cultural Landscape's World Heritage determination

A delegation from the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) has travelled to Paris for a final decision on its bid to secure World Heritage Listing for the Murujuga Cultural Landscape on the Burrup Pe...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jul 6, 2025
Robust scientific analysis should ensure World Heritage Listing at Murujuga - MAC

A thorough expert scientific monitoring program and further independent analysis on its report of the impact of largest and oldest rock art gallery in world should ensure its inscription by UNESCO in...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jun 30, 2025
Murujuga and Nyamal Aboriginal Rangers unite for ‘right-way’ fire training

Supported by the Pilbara Ranger Network, the Murujuga Rangers and Nyamal Aboriginal Corporation Rangers came together this month for culturally guided fire training and knowledge sharing.

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Jun 20, 2025
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