Landholder David Watson recently had a site on his farm property declared an Aboriginal place. It was recently discovered that a site on his farm was in fact an old Aboriginal quarry for stone axes. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Confusion still reigns among farmers, pastoralists and First Nations people about the implementation of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021, due to start on July 1.
In a move to reassure them, Aboriginal affairs minister Toni Buti said there were a wide range of exemptions where approval to disturb the ground on their properties was not necessary – for example ‘like for…
