Exclusive: Leaders warn damage to artwork at Dendrobium coalmine in NSW could be a ‘second Juukan Gorge’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mine excavating coal beneath greater Sydney’s water catchment has damaged a site of “significant” cultural heritage, prompting an investigation by the New South Wales government and warnings from Indigenous elders about “a second Juukan Gorge”.A routine inspection at the Dendrobium coalmine near Cordeaux dam in March found fracturing and associated rock falls beneath an overhang that features culturally significant artwork, authorities say. Subsidence, as soil and rocks sank into the void left by the mining, is blamed for the cracking.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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