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Lake Cowal is an ephemeral wetland(periods of drying and flooding) that supports over 277 species of birds as well as many reptiles like turtles and frogs, emus, kangaroos, echidnas, goannas and lizards... Lake Cowal is the heartland of the Wiradjuri Nation, it is comparable to a church or a mosque for the Wiradjuri Nation. Lake Cowal is protected under two international Agreements JAMBA and CAMBA, Japan/China Australian Migratory Bird Agreement. It is listed on the National Register as a significant wetland. It is in the Centre of the Murray Darling Basin and is part of an intricate network of rivers, creeks, lakes and wetlands spanning across the Central West and the Riverina to the Murrumbidgee and the Murray Rivers.There is a Native Title claim on the area where Barricks Lake Cowal Gold mine has in the meantime commenced full scale production, despite the claim... The claim is still unresolved in the courts and is due to be heard later in 2007. The Native Title claimants have been fighting tooth and Nail for nearly ten years to stop the destruction of their sacred Lake... to stop the killing of a culture, an ecosytem and a sanctuary.Barrick Gold, Canadian based multinational, have started full scale mining of gold on the edge of Lake Cowal. They are bringing in just over 6,000 tonnes of Cyanide, a deadly chemical, to the Lake every year. The cyanide is transported from Gladstone Qld to the Lake through over 20 water catchment areas.Barrick have License to use well over 17 Million Litres of Water a day, the water table below Lake Cowal has dropped 35 metres in two years!!!!.. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in standing up to Barrick Gold, other multinational corporations and the Governments involved in facilitating the destruction of Lake Cowal... the wetlands, the habitat, the geology and hydrology of the Lake and the destruction and removal of artefacts, scar trees and people from that land.

My Blog

train derailment- highlight risks of transporting cyanide to Lake Cowal

This highlights the potential dangers of transporting sodium cyanide long distances by rail .....For Lake Cowal 6090 tonnes/year are transported all the way from Gladestone on Qldand one teaspoon of...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 17:47:00 GMT

Emergency!

Dear ProtestBarrick friends and supporters! This has been a crazy past few weeks to be watchdogging Barrick Gold. Within the first week of starting our annual ProtestBarrick tour in Toro...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 18:22:00 GMT

2719BARRICK GOLD EXPLOSIVES

http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/lc/qalc.nsf/18101dc36b6383 02ca257146007ee41a/45f87dc592c1b71bca25758a000291d1!OpenDocu ment 2719BARRICK GOLD EXPLOSIVESMs Rhiannon to the Minister for Primary Industr...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:53:00 GMT

Easter

Easter was so fantastic this year at the Lake... so many on to it amazing inspiring wonderful people came to stand up and fight for the Lake, like warriors over 30 people lead by Uncle Chappy, Caro an...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:13:00 GMT

you tube Lee Rhiannon talking about Lake Cowal

this week we had an exhibition in Condobolin showing 10 years of photographs from Lake Cowal see below for a link to the youtube fotage and for media release about the exhibition.... http://www.youtub...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:29:00 GMT

you tube Lee Rhiannon talking about Lake Cowal

this week we had an exhibition in Condobolin showing 10 years of photographs from Lake Cowal see below for a link to the youtube fotage and for media release about the exhibition.... http://www.youtub...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:29:00 GMT

a win in the land and environment court

Uncle Neville Chappy Williams, and lawyer Al Oshlack, had a win in the Land and Environment Court of NSW.... .... to find out more on the case see the link below....Uncle Chappy and Co. challenged th...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:36:00 GMT

Lake Cowal Easter Gathering

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Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:27:00 GMT

Getting ready for Easter

Just a little update. We are getting ready for Easter at Lake Cowal 2009 which is from  Friday the 10th April to Monday the 13th April out near the Lake, it is looking like another great year to hit B...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:50:00 GMT

Barrick Gold censors Indigenous Leaders - Barrick AGM 2008

Barrick Gold censors Indigenous Leaders' opposition to gold mining on their lands A delegation of Indigenous leaders travelled around the world to attend the Barrick Gold Annual General Meeting in To...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT