The Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation will receive funding to help develop commercial and cultural initiatives through an agreement with fertiliser manufacturer Perdaman. The two signed the agreement last week as part of Perdaman’s plans to build Australia’s biggest fertiliser manufacturing plant on the Burrup Peninsula. Perdaman chairman Vikas Rambal said the company was pleased to...
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC)
Woodside today signed new agreements with the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation Limited (NYFL), which represents the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC), which represents the Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo, Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Yaburara and Mardudhunera language groups. The agreements build on existing long-term partnerships with the two organisations and the...
Woodside signed new agreements in Q4 with two leading Indigenous organisations based in the Pilbara.
One is with the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation Limited (NYFL), which represents the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people; the other is with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC), which represents the Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo, Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Yaburara and Mardudhunera language groups. Niall Myles, senior vice president North West Shelf (NWS) and Burrup, said the agreements built on...
The Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Minerals Development in North America has announced Rio Tinto will be a founding partner, adding to the mining company’s global Indigenous engagement programs. Established by Waubetek, the centre will be a unique hub of learning and research for First Nations and Indigenous-owned businesses in North America. As well as providing technical expertise,...
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) and Perdaman, which is building Australia's largest fertilizer manufacturing plant on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha, have signed an agreement worth around $10 million. Under the Agreement Perdaman will support MAC to develop it's commercial and cultural initiatives. Perdaman Chairman, Vikas Rambal said, "We are pleased to have forged a working...
A submission for the Pilbara’s Burrup Peninsula to be added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List has been given the nod by State and Territory Environment Ministers from across the nation. The submission for the site’s addition to the list, which indicates which nominations Australia intends to pursue in coming years, is expected to be formally submitted to the Federal Government...
Archaeologists in the north-west of Western Australia are conducting a survey with a difference at the bottom of the ocean. Key points: The researchers have been looking for ancient Indigenous artefacts on the seabed in the Dampier Archipelago Sea levels have risen 130m since the ice age, and artefacts like tools and rock carvings could still be underwater The team plan to...
The world’s largest rock art gallery was expanded last week when a piece of land previously zoned for industrial use was incorporated into the Murujuga National Park. The additional section of land, known as Site L, is 221ha and sits at the northern end of the Burrup Peninsula, about 35km from Karratha. Murujuga is home to the world’s highest concentration of rock art engravings and was...
With one group coming from an inland cattle station and the other from a coastal national park, two very different types of Pilbara rangers met up for the first time last month at a workshop to give one another fresh ideas in land management. Sharing wisdom gained from their experiences preserving the Murujuga National Park, Murujuga rangers shared lessons ranging from historical site...
The Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation’s tourism plans for the Burrup have been given a boost, after the State Government agreed to increase the size of the Murujuga National Park through the transfer of land previously earmarked for industrial development. The government will transfer freehold title to Site L, a 221 hectare parcel of land between Conzinc Bay and the northern head of Withnell...