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Toodyay landholder risks jail time for building creek crossing in alleged breach of Heritage Act

Tony Maddox could be sent to prison for building a concrete crossing over a creek with cultural value to the Noongar people. (ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt: Sam McManus)

A Western Australian man is facing nine months' jail and a $20,000 fine for building a creek crossing on his Toodyay property in an alleged breach of the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act.

Tony Maddox was charged last month following a visit from investigators from the WA Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage who told him his new culvert and driveway were illegal.

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