Cultural heritage management, ethics and rock art in Western Australia

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Article Title

Cultural heritage management, ethics and rock art in Western Australia

Journal Title

Australian Aborginal Studies

Author(s)

Bednarik, Robert G.

Volume Number

2013

Issue Number

2

Article Pages

86-91

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http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=752029275530166;res=IELIND

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Informit, Academic OneFile

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English

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Abstract: This report presents a critique of established cultural heritage practices in Western Australia, focusing on the control of the process by corporate proponents and its effects on rock art and stone arrangements. The moderating roles of scholarly societies in questions of ethics are reviewed, and the report concludes with a constructive proposal to end practices that have facilitated large-scale destruction of cultural heritage sites.

Additional tags: Western Australia; heritage management; rock art; cultural heritage sites; destruction of cultural heritage

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