Professor of Archaeology (World Rock Art), University of Western Australia
Joined December 2011
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A paper 10 years in the making! We analyse the rock art at Kakapel Shelter, Western Kenya, 50 years after pioneering work at the site by Osak Odak. We ascribe an approximate age and authorship for each phase in the Kakapel rock art sequence. @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…
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Murray Watt's explanation of why he approved the North West Shelf gas project admits that this decision will lead to long-term damage to the rock art of Murujuga. Read more here: linkedin.com/pulse/opinion-p… via @LinkedIn
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Murray Watt is due to release the conditions this week on the 40 yr extension of the North West Shelf gas project. Watch these conditions carefully. Watt says the conditions will be "strict". Truly strict should include reducing nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide emissions to zero.
The WA Government released a report that said Woodside's North West Shelf isn't to blame for eroding the rock art at Murujuga.
But the data IN THE SAME REPORT contradicts that claim!
#auspol #savemurujuga
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youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI
If anyone wants to get a true feel for the amazing place that is Murujuga and the travesty that is currently unfolding please watch this short film.
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theconversation.com/how-the-…. Time to deliver on the rhetoric and for Murray Watt to impose proper operating conditions that will protect the rock art of Murujuga.
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abc.net.au/news/2025-05-27/m… High quality, responsible, journalism by the ABC. Thankyou.
‘The spin has been wrong’: rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision | Clear Air theguardian.com/environment/…
The crazy thing is that they could stop the pollution immediately and simply. If the plant ran on renewable electricity there would be no pollution.
"If this was somewhere else in the world, there would be a national outcry.
"The pollutants that are coming out of those Woodside stacks are actively degrading the rock art surfaces.
"It's incontestable."
🎙️Professor of Archaeology Benjamin Smith
#savemurujuga
facebook.com/share/p/19QyVYD… The fine art of speaking truth to power is becoming a scarce skill. Well done to Tim Winton for his bravery and wisdom.
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Murujuga is one of the most important #rockart sites in the world. We’ve known since the 1990s that it is threatened by #pollution from #gas processing. I have led a team a international scientists to study this issue. Come and hear what we have found. eventbrite.com/e/fremantle-p…
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Fabulous street exhibition opens today in Nick's Lane, Northbridge, celebrating the heritage of Chinese Western Australians. Free to all. Enjoy. – at Northbridge, Perth (WA)
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You are invited to a talk next week on trees in the #rockart of #Zimbabwe . Come and enjoy it. The talk is in the Old Economics Building at #UWA. Enter #UWA_Social_Sciences from car park near Reid Library. Take stairs (or elevator) all the way to top. Open to All.
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Most in the Heritage sector in Western Australia have long known that normal global heritage protection systems have never been implemented in WA. Now the UN agrees. The fix is easy - WA should set global standards, not ignore them.
abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/a… via @ABCaustralia
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For one evening only come and hear what UWA's own archaeological TimeTeam found in the grounds of one the oldest farms in Perth - Peninsula Farm. All welcome.
Event webpage: ntwa.com.au/things-to-do/rec…
Eventbrite ticketing page: peninsula-farm-talk.eventbri…
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Work on a fertilizer factory in the middle of a West Australian site, nominated for #UNESCO World Heritage status, has led to the removal of 3 rock art panels. Concern is growing that the panels were damaged. Hear more at The Wire:
thewire.org.au/story/rushed-…
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Three of Australia's leading rock art researchers call for the immediate return of three petroglyph panels moved by a fertiliser factory. Shine a light. Demand better. @IRASP_UWA @UWAresearch @HeritageDAA #heritage #art
theconversation.com/murujuga… via @ConversationEDU
Science magazine draws world attention to UWA's cutting edge research into the effects of industrial pollution upon the rock art of Murujuga @IRASP_UWA @UWAresearch @ProfChakma @BillHareClimate
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Superb piece on the value of doing a BA. Arts degrees have been wrongly denigrated. They provide the perfect set of skills needed by employers to face modern workplace challenges. #SocialSciences #uwa
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Truly extraordinary action by the police here. Why are we, the Australian public, barred from seeing the removal of rock art to make way for a fertilizer factory? Troubling at so many levels.
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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