Mojo ♻️<p>In May 2020, as part of a legally sanctioned expansion of an <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ironore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ironore</span></a> mine, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> destroyed an ancient rockshelter at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Juukan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Juukan</span></a> Gorge in Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, located in the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Pilbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pilbara</span></a> region of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WesternAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternAustralia</span></a>. The initial published findings from Juukan Gorge reveal that 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage were obliterated in the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> blast.<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/HistoryInRuins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryInRuins</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-first-published-results-from-juukan-gorge-show-47-000-years-of-aboriginal-heritage-was-destroyed-in-mining-blast-234806" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-first-</span><span class="invisible">published-results-from-juukan-gorge-show-47-000-years-of-aboriginal-heritage-was-destroyed-in-mining-blast-234806</span></a></p>