ISTANBUL. An Australian court on Wednesday convicted and fined a company for conducting unlawful work for 13 years on an Aboriginal sacred site in northern Australia.

Glencore’s McArthur River Mine southeast of Darwin has faced court charged with carrying out works on a sacred Aboriginal “barramundi dreaming” site.

The company first made an application to amend an authority certificate issued by the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority to allow it to expand its operations adjacent to the Damangani site in 2017.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. Until last month there were only 15 official burial sites recorded in the Territory, meaning ...

THOUSANDS of people across the Territory have been buried in unmarked graves but new laws will help communities protect these sacred sites.

The company first made an application to amend an authority certificate issued by the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority to allow it to expand its operations adjacent to the Damangani site in 2017.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. Until last month there were only 15 official burial sites recorded in the Territory, meaning ...

Glencore’s McArthur River Mine southeast of Darwin has faced court charged with carrying out works on a sacred Aboriginal “barramundi dreaming” site.

Glencore’s McArthur River Mine southeast of Darwin has faced court charged with carrying out works on a sacred Aboriginal “barramundi dreaming” site.