Tasmania s Aboriginal community outraged over government control of sacred Wargata Mina cave site
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Members of Tasmania s Aboriginal community on a trip to Wargata Mina cave earlier this year.
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It is owned and managed by the Aboriginal community but the sacred Wargata Mina cave in southwest Tasmania is still being controlled by the State Government, according to Tasmania s Aboriginal Centre (TAC).
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The Wargata Mina cave in southwest Tasmania contains a series of hand stencils dating back over 15,000 years
The site is owned and managed by Tasmania s Aboriginal people, with the title transferred to the Aboriginal Land Council in 1995