The case centres around the path to one of Kakadu's best loved sites, the clifftop pool at Gunlom Falls, which was being upgraded last year.
The body responsible for protecting Aboriginal sacred sites in the Northern Territory says it is investigating "potential offences" in the area of a popular waterfall in Kakadu National Park.The top pool on Gunlom has been closed for more than a year due to the issueThe case centres around the path to one of Kakadu's most popular sites, the clifftop pool at Gunlom Falls, which has now been closed for more than a year.
In March, the director of national parks James Findlay told a Senate estimates committee there had been "a complaint or complaints made by at least one traditional owner, or more, about some of the work that has been done". In a statement the federal agency Parks Australia said: "At no point has the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority suggested to Parks Australia that a sacred site has been desecrated."
A historic safari camp near Nourlangie was torched by fire last month, one of multiple properties to be razed by unchecked fires in Kakadu during recent years. The Anlarr camp was set up in the pioneering days of Kakadu's joint management, and was where many of the park's current rangers were trained.
"For the good of Kakadu National Park perhaps you could [launch] a thorough investigation into why both the historical Nourlangie safari camp and Gimbat station have been destroyed by fire," Mr Nadji wrote.
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