Big Quarry Literature and Settlers Caught on Screen
The complex anxiety of quarry noir

"We dig holes in Australia...It’s what we do. It’s all we’ve ever done, we’re just the world’s quarry, an enormous pit, ever since we struck gold a hundred and fifty years ago." >>
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-australias-quarry-noir-mines-our-anxiety-about-our-biggest-industry-239523

"Dr James Finlay reflects on how Australia’s convict past has been represented on screen, tracing shifts from early cinematic melodrama through to television drama and contemporary film, and considering how these visual narratives continue to shape national memory." >>
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/history-now-caught-on-screen-australias-convict-history/id1674476464?i=1000749142755

James Findlay, Caught on Screen, Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television, 2025 >>
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/caught-on-screen-9798765100523/

#mining #extractivism #Literature #film #screen #culture #SettlerSociety #convicts #history #Australia #fiction #narratives #QuarryNoir #BigQuarry #books #NationalAnxiety #criminality #FirstNationsPeoples

North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse

"Experts say hugely profitable east coast LNG producers pay little in resources rent tax and Woodside project won’t help country’s energy shift." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/01/north-west-shelf-gas-extension-australia-lng-woodside-project-little-rent-tax
#fossilfuel #LNG #extractivism #Australia #energy #transition #climateemergency #petroglyphs #IndigenousHeritage #destruction #BigQuarry

Selling the Great Barrier Reef in bits and pieces

Calls for change as 200 tonnes of coral taken from Great Barrier Reef every year
"200,000 tonnes are permitted to be removed from the Queensland Coral Fishery every year.
Australia remains one of the world's top exporters of corals despite experts urging countries to work towards limiting the trade to 'the lowest level possible'."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-change-as-200-tonnes-of-coral-taken-from-great-barrier-reef-every-year-055315218.html
#BigQuarry #GBR #coral #biodiversity #GreatBarrierReef

Big Quarry or wildlife reserve?
In remote far-western Queensland lies an ancient gorge, scattered with rock carvings, that's rarely visited. Traditional owners fear it could fall victim to the world's insatiable appetite for critical minerals.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/wangkamadla-launch-special-wildlife-reserve-bid-stop-mining/102741894
#JuukanGorge #destruction #Queensland #BigQuarry #biodiversity #WangkamadlaPeople