This joint media statement has been re-published from the website of the Federal Environment Minister here. The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has formally accepted the nomination for World Heritage status for Murujuga Cultural Landscape and it is now entering the next stage of the World Heritage Listing process. The Albanese and Cook Governments were proud to nominate the Murujuga Cultural...
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Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) has defined a new approach to agreement making in Australia, following the signing today of a Statement of Intent by MAC, Federal, State and local government and major industry. The Statement of Intent demonstrates that the signatories – including the Federal Environment Minister, Premier of Western Australia, State ministers and CEOs at the City of...
The most extensive scientific study to date to examine the impact of industrial air emissions on the rock art engravings of Murujuga, today released a report on results from the first year of field and laboratory research. The Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program, led by Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) in partnership with the WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER), is...
Our 2022/23 Annual Report is now available online. Read about updates on our members, strategic achievements, key projects and more. To read the report, click here: MAC 2022/23 Annual Report. For more information,...
Elders and cultural representatives from Murujuga will travel to Sydney this month to showcase the significance of Murujuga to more than 1,500 international cultural heritage experts gathering for ICOMOS GA2023. ICOMOS – the International Council on Monuments and Sites – is the global organisation that serves as the principal advisory body on cultural heritage to the UNESCO World Heritage...
Amid steaming heat, a wide range of scientific fieldwork has been underway on Murujuga this month as MAC Rangers and scientists progress the collection of data for the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program (MRAMP). Curtin University Professor Ben Mullins and his team of engineers and air quality experts have been checking and installing additional instrumentation in some of the 21 new air...
Photo: Pansy Hicks is one of the members of the Murujuga Circle of Elders who speaks in the video. The nomination for World Heritage Listing of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape has been led by the Murujuga Circle of Elders and MAC Board and team. In this 3 minute video, some of those involved share their thoughts on what they hope the nomination will achieve. For more information,...
Members of the Murujuga Circle of Elders, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Board of Directors and MAC membership today celebrated the submission of the World Heritage nomination for the Murujuga Cultural Landscape to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The Murujuga Cultural Landscape is an area of around 100,000 hectares that includes the Burrup Peninsula, Dampier Archipelago, and the...
Rocks from Murujuga are front and centre of testing and analysis underway at the WA ChemCentre at Curtin University. Selected from sites across the Burrup Peninsula and approved by the Murujuga Circle of Elders, the rocks, which do not contain petroglyphs, are a vital part of the rock art monitoring underway on Murujuga. Using cutting-edge techniques and instruments, ChemCentre and Curtin...