Comprehensive mapping of Aboriginal sacred sites completed in Alice Springs, NBN on the way
Comprehensive mapping of Aboriginal sacred sites completed in Alice Springs, NBN on the way
By Rosa Ellen
Posted about 3 hours ago
The most comprehensive mapping to date of Aboriginal sacred sites in Alice Springs has been completed in order to bring the National Broadband Network to the desert town.
The town has one of the most densely populated areas of sacred sites in the country and it took a team of anthropologists and Central Arrernte traditional owners two years to fully map sites that the fixed-line underground cables of the NBN needed to avoid.
"We have to look at all of the existing records of sacred sites, we have to map up all the historical records with everything people have been saying about them before with what people are saying about them today," the Aboriginal Area Protection Authority's said.
More than 600 sites within the town's boundaries are on the map, which is not available for public viewing because of the sensitivities of the sites which include trees, rock formations and soaks.
More:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-26/mapping-of-aboriginal-sacred-sites-completed-in-alice-springs/6977672?section=nt
