Protesters block entrance to south coast development site SYDNEY, Feb 14 AAP|Published: Thursday February 14, 9:56 AM
Protesters today blockaded the entrance to a NSW south coast development site they claim is an ancient burial ground and the last green corridor to the sea. Protest spokeswoman Boni Martin said about 200 demonstrators had mustered at the Sandon Point site, at Bulli, blocking access to bulldozers. Sandon Point, on the northern outskirts of Wollongong, has been bought by developer Stockland. Ms Martin said the protesters were opposed to the development because of its significance to local Aborigines and on environmental grounds, including the site being a floodplain and wetland. "It's the last green corridor between the mountains and the sea," Ms Martin told AAP. The developer planned a massive subdivision by the beach at the site with low and medium density housing, she said. However, flooding in 1998 had revealed burials at the site up to six thousand years old. An archaeological survey Stockland had carried out there had also revealed as many as one thousand artefacts, but the developer had blocked further digs. Local Aboriginal people would request an injunction in the Land and Environment Court this morning against the development, Ms Martin said. Comment was being sought from the developers and local council. http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2002/02/14/FFX2DE8FVPC.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------ "The power of accurate observation is commonly call cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
