There are thousands of sites of pigment art, stencils and engravings across the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, known only to a handful of Indigenous people, bushwalkers and archaeologists. The summer bushfires exposed these artefacts and the race is now on to save them from neglect.
Murujuga World Heritage nomination
Grave fears for rock art sites after fires
Climate change impact on world heritage sites
Google has launched a new tool that allows anyone to monitor the impacts of climate change at five of the world's most precious cultural sites. The project, "Heritage on the Edge," uses 3D mapping and other tools to capture images of World Heritage Sites that can be used for conservation.
How Aboriginal people experience fire crisis
It's miraculous: owners say cultural burning saved their property
Three weeks ago, Phil Sheppard and other owners were forced to evacuate their property, helplessly watching online as the Gospers Mountain fire converged with the Little L Complex fire and appeared to engulf the property. To his amazement, when he returned two days later, traversing the long gravel driveway on foot after fallen trees blocked vehicle access, most structures remained perfectly intact. Owners say the property was saved by the traditional Indigenous technique of cultural burning conducted on their land three years ago.