Jeffrey Lee speaking about his country, Koongarra, NT

Mr Jeffrey Lee, senior traditional owner of the Djok (Gundjeihmi) clan, Koongarra, NT, Australia.

In recognition of its outstanding natural and cultural values, the Koongarra area was added to the Kakadu World Heritage Area on by the World Heritage Committee on 27 June 2011.

The 1,228 hectare Koongarra area was excluded from Kakadu National Park's original boundaries in 1979 because of its potential uranium resources, although no mineral exploration or mining rights were ever granted. Koongarra has strong cultural importance to the traditional owners, who do not want to see Koongarra mined and want the area added to the National Park and the World Heritage Area.

Koongarra looks out over Nourlangie Rock, famous for its rock art. The inclusion of Koongarra on the World Heritage List enhances the protection of more than 50,000 years of Indigenous history and culture.

The area also contains an upstream component of some of the Kakadu National Park's most important wetlands.

The inclusion of Koongarra into the Kakadu World Heritage area means that it will have protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity and Conservation Act 1999.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• heritage
• listing
• educational
• history
• culture
• country
• spirituality
• jeff
• indigeous
• mining
• minerals
• uranium

[maronhappy]

しかしながら、ナイキの帽子が笑える。

（皮肉な感じがあると言う意味です）

[samaramahoff]

Good on you Jefferey. You are an inspiration.



[raceymurch]

Congratulations Jeffrey! You've done a very good and important thing saving Koogarra from mining and preserving it for future generations.