Aborigines claim Unesco list 'whitewashes' Australia's cultural heritage
Australia's cultural heritage has been "whitewashed", Aborigines have claimed, after all 11 sites given Unesco World Heritage status this year relate to the country's colonial past.
Among the sites added to the World Heritage List this year are Sydney's 19th century Hyde Park Barracks and Tasmania's Port Arthur penal settlement, which Unesco deemed of "outstanding universal value".
The listing will ensure protection for the buildings, but the move has outraged Aboriginal activists, who claim their own cultural heritage is in danger of being destroyed....
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Among the sites added to the World Heritage List this year are Sydney's 19th century Hyde Park Barracks and Tasmania's Port Arthur penal settlement, which Unesco deemed of "outstanding universal value".
The listing will ensure protection for the buildings, but the move has outraged Aboriginal activists, who claim their own cultural heritage is in danger of being destroyed....