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Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council fights plans to 'scrape' for grave sites at NSW church

A long-running dispute over land surrounding a former Anglican Church on the NSW south coast is intensifying, as the land owner seeks to clarify whether Aboriginal graves lie beneath the proposed development site.

The Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council has lodged an emergency federal protection application to try and stop ground scraping of suspected graves on the site in the town of Huskisson, in Jervis Bay.

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