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A team of archaeologists and dating specialists have new proof that Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years — much longer than the 47,000 years believed by some archaeologists. The new findings have been published in Nature magazine this week.

Publish date: Wednesday, 19 July 2017

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Guardian: What anti-Adani protesters can learn from the Jabiluka blockade

Publish date: Tuesday, 03 April 2018

Content type: News

NITV: Traditional Owners celebrate Native Title win in the heart of Kakadu

The hard-fought battle for native title over Jabiru in the Northern Territory has been finally won.

Publish date: Friday, 09 November 2018

Content type: News

ABC: Jabiru Native Title claim victory for Mirarr Traditional Owners

Traditional owners in Jabiru, 300 kilometres east of Darwin, are celebrating after their native title rights and interests were successfully recognised under Australian law.

Publish date: Friday, 09 November 2018

Content type: News

Rio Tinto majority crucial for Ranger clean-up

There should be no expectation that any investment in ERA will be recouped from the development of the Jabiluka deposit, for which there is no traditional owner support.

Publish date: Tuesday, 18 February 2020

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Mirarr solidarity message on 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear destruction

The Mirarr acknowledge with sadness the seventy-fifth anniversaries of the nuclear bomb attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th.

Publish date: Thursday, 06 August 2020

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Ten years on: Kakadu Traditional Owners remain saddened by ongoing Fukushima disaster

Mirarr have expressed their continued sadness on the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Publish date: Thursday, 11 March 2021

Content type: News

Cost to clean up Ranger leaps to $1.6 - $2.2 billion

Publish date: Wednesday, 02 February 2022

Content type: News

Mirarr welcome Ranger clean up commitment from Rio Tinto

Mirarr Traditional Owners have welcomed statements from mining giant Rio Tinto about the future of the controversial Ranger and Jabiluka sites within the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Publish date: Saturday, 09 April 2022

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Jabiluka deposit will never be mined

The Mirarr traditional owners today welcomed the renewed commitment from Rio Tinto to the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine at Kakadu and the company’s acknowledgement of the long-standing Mirarr opposition to the development of the adjacent Jabiluka deposit.

Publish date: Thursday, 28 July 2022

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Mining report flags sacred site destruction

Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula says: “It seems nobody has learned anything from the Juukan Gorge disaster. I’ve been telling the world about the sacred sites for forty years and still they don’t listen. We have said “no” and “no means no”. I stood up with my family and with people from everywhere, all over the world, we all said no.”

Publish date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Content type: News

ERA minorities completely wrong on Jabiluka

Further mining at Kakadu insane

Publish date: Monday, 10 October 2022

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Rio downgrades Jabiluka, why won't ERA?

The Mirarr Traditional Owners of the Ranger uranium mine and the Jabiluka mineral lease welcome Rio Tinto’s reporting last week of the Jabiluka uranium deposit. The world’s second-largest mining company, which owns over 86% of Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), will “no longer report a Mineral Resource for Jabiluka” . In addition to noting the opposition of the Mirarr Traditional Owners, Rio Tinto has acknowledged that the deposit does not currently have reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction. It simply does not stack up.

Publish date: Sunday, 26 February 2023

Content type: News

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Uranium Mining

Uranium has had an impact on the lives of the Mirarr and their community for over four decades

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Mirarr

The Mirarr are the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of lands in the north of Australia’s Northern Territory

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Kakadu site of Australia's oldest home

New proof that Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years confirmed on Mirarr country.

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Standing Strong

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Native Title win for Mirarr

Friday November 9th was a powerful day in Jabiru as Mirarr were finally recognised as Native Title holders of the township in an historic on country hearing of the Federal Court.

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Djurrubu Rangers welcome new staff

Djurrubu Rangers are very happy to welcome two new staff members: Shay Wrigglesworth and Jane Blackwood. Shay has recently come on board as Djurrubu Coordinator and Jane as Djurrubu Manager.

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Ranger uranium mine clean up must be ERA priority

The Mirarr traditional owners are increasingly concerned about rehabilitation at the Ranger uranium mine site in light of the comments made today by Mr Richard Magides as a shareholder of Energy Resources of Australia (ERA).

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“We are not talking about mining” The history of duress and the Jabiluka Project

This report details the history of the so-called consent process for the Jabiluka Mineral Lease. It explains why this 'consent' was obtained under duress....

Publish date: Thursday, 22 July 1999

Content type: Resource

Hill's Jabiluka decision due today

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Publish date: Tuesday, 25 August 1998

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Mirarr vow to end Jabiluka despite Howard's return

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Publish date: Saturday, 17 November 2001

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