Australia’s economy benefits significantly from the extraction of its vast mineral resources. However, this industrial activity can have a negative impact on 65,000 years of irreplaceable Indigenous cultural heritage.
While progress has been made, there is still a need for more robust and meaningful frameworks and standards within the mining industry and among cultural heritage practitioners to ensure this heritage is respectfully protected and preserved.
The ARC Training Centre for Archaeology in the Resources Sector, based at Flinders University in collaboration with The University of Queensland and Southern Cross University, aims to meet this challenge by transforming cultural heritage management in the resources sector, ensuring resource development with cultural responsibility at its core.
The Australian government has committed $5 million from the Australian Research Council's Industrial Transformation Research Program to bring together Traditional Owners, resources companies, archaeologists and cultural and heritage experts, as well as the peak body for mining professionals, AusIMM.
Flinders University
University of Queensland
Southern Cross University
The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation
Palyku-Jartayi Aboriginal Corporation
Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka Traditional Land Owners
Terra Rosa Consulting
Australian Heritage Services
Niche Environment and Heritage
Rio Tinto
BHP
South 32
Newmont
MMG Australia
The Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy
University of Southern Queensland
The University acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which its campuses are located, these are the Traditional Lands of the Arrernte, Dagoman, First Nations of the South East, First Peoples of the River Murray & Mallee region, Jawoyn, Kaurna, Larrakia, Ngadjuri, Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri, Warumungu, Wardaman and Yolngu people. We honour their Elders past, present and emerging.
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