Industrial Estates Agreement

The Burrup Strategic Industrial Zone (Burrup SIA) is a well-established strategic industrial zone, with empty spaces for the strategic industry, in close proximity to gas, the port and other important infrastructure in the Pilbara region. For more information on the Pilbara region, visit the Pilbara Development Commission. Located in the heart of the resource boundary, the Dampier Archipelago is also home to the municipality of Dampier, a liquefied natural gas processing plant (Woodside`s Pluto B), The leases and think tanks of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, the Dampier Port Authority, the navigation facilities for gas, iron ore and salt export. Other occupants are Dampier Salt, a liquid ammonia plant, the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, Holcrim Quarry and 15 square kilometres of unded land, which have been closed for industrial use within the NHL. This concentration of resource infrastructure stands in stark contrast to the majestic beauty of Pilbara`s dark red landscape, which rises in aquamarine seas. The torches of Pluto`s B plant rise like the Mordor towers and can be seen as an approximation of both the wider Abydos plain and the sea. As in the world of J. R. R. Tolkien, torches constantly recall the human quest for truth and beauty in the face of adversity: here the desire of men to protect their heritage in the face of a brutal history of contact (e.g. B Gara 1983) and the nascent industrialization. Murujuga`s multiple interests face the main challenges of reconciling the recognition of Aboriginal people and their culture with the exploitation of natural resources. DevelopmentWA supports the development of sustainable strategic industrial zones by encouraging the co-location of industries to reuse waste and other synergies, if possible.

The signing of the BMIEA constituted the compulsory acquisition of all property rights and national interests on land located in the Burrup Peninsula and preceded the original provision of the title of the Federal Court of Justice concerning the Dampier Archipelago. Although they have acquired a representative status of their traditional country, the Ngarla-Ngarla have ceded their local rights and interests in that country. In July 2003, the Bundesgerichtshof found that the majority of the Ngarluma Yindjabarndi claims area did not yet exist exclusive national title rights, but that this local denomination no longer existed over the Burrup Peninsula and adjacent waters. It was argued that the community benefits resulting from BMIEA should be supported, irrespective of the Federal Court of Justice`s decision on the original title. It is questionable, however, whether the government`s overwhelming desire to develop the Pilbara mines and dollars and the contribution they make to the region`s gross domestic product (GDP) contributed to its desire to acquire the national title rights of the Burrup Peninsula ahead of the legal determination of these rights. This border mentality certainly had an impact on the planning decisions, which were made during Dampier`s election for industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s – when his heritage values were virtually unknown (Vinnicombe 2002) – and he continues to play a role in the disaffection of the current government for the archipelago`s World Heritage List , although it is recognized that the outstanding values of UNESCO (Australian Heritage Council 2012) are fulfilled.

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