Fortescue founder’s dams plan will damage culture, Aboriginal group says
Andrew Forrest has applied to build weirs along a river that runs through his cattle property
29 March 2021 - 08:31
Melbourne — The Australian Aboriginal group whose sacred rock shelters Rio Tinto destroyed last year rejected a plan by mining company Fortescue’s founder, Andrew Forrest, to build dams along a river in the same region, citing the cultural damage it would cause.
Australia is considering new legislation to protect Aboriginal heritage after Rio, in building an iron ore mine, destroyed the 46,000-year-old sites in Western Australia state that had been among the oldest evidence of global human habitation...
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