PROTECT
LAKE COWAL
SACRED HEARTLAND OF THE WIRADJURI NATION
Precious Water, Sacred Land
Lake Cowal located in the heartland of the Wiradjuri Nation is NSW largest natural inland lake is currently under threat from proposed open pit, cyanide leaching gold mine, operated by Barrick Gold, a transnational mining company.
By halting the proposed Cowal Gold Project we can prevent a potential environmental disaster involving 6000 tonnes of cyanide a year leaching out into the Lachlan River system, in the heart of the Murray Darling Basin.
Traditional Owners of the lake are fighting to stop the destruction of this sacred site. 'To destroy a nation's most sacred site can be seen as nothing short of genocide and ethnocide and a denial of spiritual and religious freedom, under S116 of the [Australian] Constitution'.
This egroup is intended to act as information and action network to help empower the people working to protect Lake Cowal sacred heartland of Wiradjuri living culture.

video still: 2000 Lake Cowal by Ellie Gilbert