Burrup Peninsula

Scarborough Gas Action Alliance activists blockaded the primary road serving Burrup industrial hub

Traditional Owners, activists take action against Woodside鈥檚 proposed Scarborough gas project

The response to Woodside鈥檚 announcement that it is proceeding with its Scarborough gas field exploitation project has been swift, with protests and direct actions organised in Murujuga and Perth. Sam Wainwright reports.

Evidence of 9,000-year-old stone houses found on island

Archaeologists working on the Dampier archipelago off Australia鈥檚 north-west coast have found evidence of stone houses dating back 9000 years 鈥 to the end of the last ice age.

Circular stone foundations were discovered on Rosemary Island. The islands and the nearby Burrup Peninsula are known as Murujuga 鈥 a word meaning 鈥渉ip bones sticking out鈥 鈥 in the language of the Ngarluma people.