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The traditional owners of the land set to be inundated by raising the walls of the Warragamba Dam have launched a federal bid for the protection of the area with Environment Minister Sussan Ley.
The application, made by Gundungurra elder Sharyn Halls, claims the controversial NSW government plan to raise the dam walls by up to 17 metres to cut flood risks to downstream communities will erase landscape features recorded in the Burragorang Valley’s creation story, as well as intersecting songlines.
Traditional owners Sharyn Halls (right) and Kazan Brown stand beside Lake Burragorang.
Credit:Wolter Peeters
The area contains the landscape features from the story of the chase of Gurangatch by Mirrigan, which explains how the landforms were made.