Meet the neighours - Social History of the Hot/Dry site.

There were several articles in The Age on Saturday 28 April, about the Nookanbah people. They have finally been granted native title rights to their land - 1811 square kilometres west of Fitzroy crossing. In the early 1980s their case hit the news when the Western Australian government collaborated with a mining company to drill for oil on their land. The Nookanbah people protested vehemently against having drilling on their land but their claims for land rights were pushed aside and the drilling trucks rolled in against their wishes. No oil was found on the site. There were many protests and it was a real low point in our history. It is good to see that after 20 years they now have control over their land. They may even be the owners of our site!