Page 10, The Herald, Friday,

Dispute down

June 20, 1980

drilling rigs “Into

suai! Aborigines fight iti aun

Aborigines in a hot, dusty
corner of | northwest
Australia have formed a
united front against mining
on their sacred lands, a'step
that could lead to con-
frontation with big business.
Elders from 24 aboriginal
communities gathered
recently for a Corroboree
(tribal ceremony) in which
scores of dancers wearing
headbands and loin-cloths
stomped over hard red soil to
protest the mining. :
The leaders pledged the
united support for any’ tribal
group in the inhospitable re-
gion, ‘where mining
threatens - what was
regarded as sacred ground,
a central pdrt-of aboriginal
religion. They also called for
a three-year moratorium on

ioe inhospitable . areas. “of -the ~
dl in thi . oF

fhe pein, See wacky Siebel Gren, SHEN
ese moves, the r packed up their earthmoving said Noonkanbah had. been, atl

anger over attempts by a
United States firm to drill for
oil near Noonkanbah, 1,900
kilometres northwest of
Perth, could have im-
plications’ for companies in
Australia and abroad. =~

‘There are 33 companies
waiting to start exploring for
oll, diamonds and bauxite in
the ‘region.

To Australian blacks, often -

shown by studies to be

U.S. oil drilling:

victims of alcoholism . and

‘poor housing, sacred sites -

represent the cornerstone of
a disappearing tribal life,
places peopled by friendly
spirits, away. trom the
squalor of-town life.

The great Gonna (lizard) -

spirit, for instance, presides
over the rocky hills at
Nooenkanbah, In the eyes of
local tribesmen, oil. ex-
ploration by Amax Co. would
disturb the spirit and
threaten food supplies. ©

A group of about 60 abori-
gines assembled at the site
and went into an elaborate .

They have the backing of a
man regarded by many ‘as a
champion of free enterprise,
Sir Charles Court, premier of:
the state of: ‘Western

’ Australia which leases the’

ritual of chants and dances, **

machinery and departed.

The next bout could be
over a diamond field, near
Lake Argyle, 480 kilometres
southwest of Darwin — or
the nearby bauxite deposits.
Some aborgines say parts of-
those areas are sacred.

But some of the biggest
names ‘in Australian in-
dustry are involved in the
mining projects.

District of Terrace

land to the aborigines,
He wants -the Amax

warkers ‘to come back: to

finish their job, — wy

He is supported by, Mick
Cotter, member of
parliament for Noonkanbah.
Cotter said aborigines have
only grazing rights under the
terms of their lease, not
rights to what was beneath
thesolh o  . .

- Another member: of the ©

chosen ‘as: a ‘focal’ point for -
what could be -a, series of .
extensive aborigine |
territorial claims, involving:
a third. of. Australla and”
including offshore: waters. *

If Noonkanbah is a test.

‘ease, the aborigines are not

without friends. -Powerful-
trade unions, such, as the.
Transport Workers: Union,
have threatened action
against firms trying to move

NOTICE

By now you should have received Your 1980 property tax .

notice. To apply for the Homeowner Grant if you are are resisting,” city
eligible, the back of the white copy must be filled inand § . Panne etkins said
signed: This form must.reach the Municipal Office Tuesday.

before 4:30

p.m, June 30th, 1980, to avoid 10 percent

penalty applied to the balance outstanding at this date.
The Homeowner Grant may be claimed whether taxes _

are paid or not,

Property owners who have mortgages at the following.
-panks will take the notice to the bank. Royal Bank,. |
Bank.of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal. All others must’
mail or take the notice to the Municipal Office. -

SCT

(i

K AVENU

(4619 PARK AVE. |

dL. of Difference
REALTY

Keith Norman
Collector

| the region.”

1] 61.to 79 cents apiece.

~- confrontation “would: be an:

"- agreement for compensation .
for the aborigines, bit:many -

* tribesman Say. their sacred

sites are tot for. sale.-

The Australian public is -f

split over the treatment of
‘the “aborigines, “whose
numbers ‘have declined to
140,000 from 300,000' at, the
time of European settlement

almost 200 years ago. Some ¢ ;
argue that to grant them .

special righis over ancestral
land would be ‘unfair to other

Australians ox even aform.of |

apartheid.

“The other side-was put: by: .

the

_ Melbourne. , Age
‘newspaper

“recently.

“Aborigines: were left with
. the poorest land and, most

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The city agreed to pay
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OWN WAY

By DAVID EINSTEIN

The 77-year-old naturalist
takes life with equanimity,
His face is like well-tanned
leather, his eyes reconciled

that. from his earliest
memories “has been a very
precious place for me.”

roadster to make the trek
from his San Jose home to
Yosemite National Park,

TOGETHIGH

~ Be like a mountain ~

‘faught’at Washington State “~

matically in that ‘tkme, its
! to the unchanging landscape .
- done by thoisands of cars

And like the high country, |
T Sharamith renews himsell

_ “There, along with other. s :

Says a fellow naturallst

The park has changed dra- cutlery, his ‘eatin’ lrona,’
and guests, if they like salt
valley the subject of flerce _ pork, onions and beans, must
debate as ecologists become _ bring their own tools.
more aware 0 On pecing man ng

‘ , ° "A frying pan hangs near
irrevocable damage belng __ the stove, its lid looks like a
battered up from a '4S9er gold

and millions of tourista. eer
ah camp, spatula, a good

Sharamith was

naturalists, he camps out in Sharamith’s ‘quimmér
a tent and leadg daily nature

Keen’ almost unbroken since

French, knlfe; and a shelf

devotion to ‘Yosemite has.

area. Home features an ari appointment to view. ‘| dotaiis,

attractive brick corner hillside lat, Wooded with | . ei up. Young Glen Sutton, a goalkeeper in’Division: ‘after it. Oh well, you can’t stop ‘em all. :
fireplace, eating area in viewir Y lor _ ‘IT’ 1S LOOKING BET: | 4 soccer let this shot silp.past hlm during a SR phote by Greg Middleton”
kitchen, and large mq. NEW LISTING - 200 foot: | TER ALL THE TIME an —: ae
bathroom, Large LAKELSE LAKE _ | frontage on Lakelse Lake. | The flowers = are

backyard is completely | coontace « 640 feet of | This year round 2 | blooming, the lawn Is

and living in Los: Angel

“And there: was none’ of

this business of driving up to :

- 0,000 feet before you began.
- hiking. You don't get to know. .
the mountains that way.” : -
Married with a grown’
“family, Sharamith plans to:
. lead 0-kilometre seven-day
hikes this summer, But he.

thought, I ought. to make

“some changes sometinie;

because after alli don'thave *

_— ag  _—_ . Ne’ The rest of the year he walks for the. tourists who at unbri : much time left. to enjoy. -
CHRISTEL, MURIEL NEALE JUDITH JEPHSON JOY DOVER KEITH WILLIAMS — PATQUINN department the ota eee TO a ee eer inere, MOything lee. vosetnt on
S337 iaaiae sana bina 635 558 635-2532 State University, where he: ‘Evenat7?, he continues 9 But even before that he was most famous " naturalist ”
. _ taught from, i960 nelle live. In ihe fame Spartan in oye tt the, Sierra, - Hghts up his pipe and sits. |

retirement If 1972: Before manner thathasmade hima — having. bac ih the’ back io awalt the coming of

‘moving to San > José, he “> gountains since he was 16 tine. ing :

legend, |,

4

noah

summer, =i

gue To et
a cc

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hedroom suite. Land : e4.
preciated. Call Joy for lake Inthe privacyatyour || fireptaces, large covered SAN JOSE,.Calif, AP)— University .-and the-.‘writing in the Yosemite “We made all’
scapes ren Patch bi more information on the own 1.48 acres. Asking stindeck, help make thisa [| Cayi:Sharamith is [ke the “University of Minnesota. But <- Nature Notes periodical: ° gear aind Dr Onn. e
Horst Godlinski many extra features of | $61,500. For further in. |. lovely family home. Call | righ Slerra, where he's everysummer, regardless of iy cide his tent is his old. - (00%," he says, recalling the. .,
‘ this property. formation call toy..; Muriel. spent each summer for halfa where he was, he found his — Coleman’ seve. the ‘brass O8Y8 when. he used tin cane” 7:
m —_ : century. way to Yosemite. tank gleaming. Next to it his for cooking pots; ==

635-5691 635-5397 ecologist before the. word and admits he has considered the.

— ue each spring. Son ater became common, and he witha few cans of beets, chill time when he no longer will =

7 Sa et atic dear, dou eschewed the valley in favor, .pauce and oid ion Kaater be able. to onevigate the 3
one of his old Stetaon ranger of the lush and” lonely” ° tke suger or fat ples tugged high country,
hata and coax his 1036 Ford ‘Tuolumne. tobacco," ' “ ' - a "Dye bee giv ng it tofiie