FILE PHOTO: Aboriginal groups march against planned changes in heritage protection laws, in Perth MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Aboriginal group from Western Australia's iron ore producing region will ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners. The decision, denounced by Indigenous ...

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has admitted damaging ancient Aboriginal rock shelters in the remote Pilbara region -- blasting near the 46,000-year-old heritage site to expand an iron ore ...

MELBOURNE, May 24 (Reuters) - The Aboriginal group whose rock shelters Rio Tinto Ltd RIO.AX destroyed for an iron ore mine three years ago said remediation efforts have begun at the site under a ...

A culturally important archaeological site in Western Australia was destroyed this past weekend during the expansion of an iron ore mine. Upsettingly, the mining company responsible for the incident ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Fortescue Metals Group pressured a state government body to fast track its application to damage two ancient rock shelters as part of an iron ore mine expansion in ...

Two basic types of Aboriginal shelter constructions from central Arnhem Land (northern Australia) are discussed, viz., a flat-roofed shelter protecting against sunshine, and a gable-roof shelter ...

MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An Aboriginal group from Western Australia's iron ore producing region will inspect an important cultural site in the coming days after it received a notice from Rio Tinto ...

Australia's Fortescue Metals Group pressured a state government body to fast track its application to damage two ancient rock shelters as part of an iron ore mine expansion in Western Australia, ...