Published: August 27, 2018
As the WA government pushes for world heritage listing of the sacred site, traditional owners warn of the threat of heavy industry, acid rain and graffiti
There is a Tasmanian devil on the northwest coast of Western Australia. He sits on a ridge looking back to the Dampier port, where the towers at the nearby liquid natural gas plant flare at dusk.
Another devil sits below him, also looking toward the port. On another ridge made of heaped volcanic rock sits a thylacine, the extinct Tasmanian tiger, the lines difficult to see in the harsh afternoon light. Both species have been extinct on the Australian mainland for more than 2,000 years, but the rocks remember.
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