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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

Traditional owners speak out against claims Victoria’s cultural heritage laws are major setback to housing expansion

BJ O’Toole and Uncle Albert Fagan with scar trees rescued from Burrumbeet, Victoria, in 2021
BJ O’Toole and Uncle Albert Fagan with scar trees rescued from Burrumbeet, Victoria, in 2021. Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian

The Wadawurrung elder Uncle Albert Fagan hopes his great-grandchildren can one day show their kids the ancient scar trees that lie on the shores of Lake Burrumbeet, in central-western Victoria.

“I don’t want them to be destroyed and no longer there,” he said.

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