Celebrating 25 years since the Jabiluka Blockade

In 1998, Mirarr senior Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula led one of Australia’s most significant campaigns to protect sacred land from uranium mining.

The nearby Ranger uranium mine was imposed on the Mirarr people in the 1970s, and with a change of government in the late 1990s there was a renewed push for uranium mining in Australia with the focus on Jabiluka. In March 1998 over 5,000 people took part in a non-violent direct action blockade, with more than 500 people arrested – 25 years ago this month.

A quarter of a century on, Jabiluka’s uranium remains in the ground.

Join Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Environment Centre NT and us to mark this significant moment for First Nations rights and the environmental movement by attending the 25th anniversary celebration this Friday 31 March – online or live in Darwin!

What: 25 year anniversary of the Jabiluka Blockade
Where: streamed live on YouTube or at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, NT Theatrette, Darwin
When: Friday 31 March, 6-7pm ACST (that’s a 4.30pm start in WA; 6pm in NT; 6.30 in QLD; 7pm in SA; 7.30 in NSW, VIC and TAS).