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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

‘Gone forever’: political anger after NSW Aboriginal heritage site bulldozed for power lines

An aerial view of Mudgee, NSW, Australia
Contractors have destroyed an Indigenous rock shelter while building power lines for a renewable energy zone near Mudgee. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Indigenous community members have described their shock and anger after an Aboriginal rock shelter was “damaged beyond recovery” by contractors building transmission lines for a New South Wales renewable energy zone.

The heritage site was destroyed by bulldozers in March during the construction of access tracks for the Central-West Orana renewable energy zone, a transmission line project located about 300km north-west of Sydney.

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