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Alcohol restricted in Laverton as Aboriginal elder says pub has become 'sacred site'

Janice Scott and Sarah Sullivan survey the rubbish left by drinkers at Skull Creek. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)

In a dry creek bed a few hundred metres from the centre of Laverton, a small town in Western Australia's Goldfields, the mess from a day of heavy drinking is left for all to see.

Skull Creek, a sacred part of the traditional landowners' Dreamtime story, is littered with dozens of empty beer cans and several bottles of spirits.

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