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1/6/1998
12:00:00 am EST
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Aborigines Sue Over Old Burial Site In Australia
Source: The Associated Press
Title: ABORIGINES SUE OVER OLD BURIAL SITE -
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Aborigines have sued the South Australian state government to reclaim at least 10, 000 graves on the bed of Lake Victoria, believed to be the world's largest ancient cemetery.
The lawsuit could evolve into a landmark Aboriginal land claim case, raising questions for the first time about native title rights over land leased from the government for ranching.
Phillip Lawson, a member of the Barkandji people, asked the Federal Court last Friday to recognize the Barkandji as the true owners of Lake Victoria in southwestern New South Wales.
Dating back possibly 10, 000 years, the graves had been flooded for more than 70 years since Lake Victoria was created as a reservoir, until 1994 when the lake was drained for maintenance work.
The lake is managed by South Australia Water, and supplies up to 90 percent of the state's water. After 1994, it was refilled to 60 percent capacity, to 78 feet deep, leaving the graves on dry land.
But South Australia Water is considering raising the water level to 88 feet -- a move Aborigines say would desecrate the site and submerge the graves.
An environmental impact study into the plans is due out within weeks.
South Australia Museum anthropologist Colin Pardoe said raising the level of the lake would deprive Australians of a unique archaeological link to the region's original inhabitants.
"It's terribly important from a purely archaeological sense because I think we can't emphasize enough the amount of information that comes from human remains, " Pardoe said Tuesday. -- Copyright 1998 The New York Times Company
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