Feb 28, 2012 · Koongarra The former Koongarra Project Area (KPA) lies within the traditional lands of the Djok clan and is a region of approximately 12,000 hectares. Until February 2013 Koongarra was excluded from the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park, which completely surrounds the area.

Jun 10, 2018 · The park has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, and many of the park’s extensive rock art sites date back thousands of years. The Koongarra enclave is situated in the eastern part of Kakadu and is completely surrounded by the …

The Koongarra uranium deposit is 30 kilometres south south-east of Jabiru and the Ranger uranium mine, in the Kakadu National Park. It is 3 kilometres west of Nourlangie Rock in a valley bounded by the Brockman Rock outlier, and the escarpment of the Arnhem Land Plateau.

Jeffrey Lee AM (born 1971) member of the Djok clan and the senior custodian of the 12,028 hectare Koongarra region in Australia's Northern Territory which is believed to contain a significant uranium deposit. [1] The land owned by the clan is …

Feb 8, 2013 · Koongarra lies in the shadow of Nourlangie Rock, one of Kakadu’s most popular visitor destinations, with rock art galleries that bear witness to the close relationship Aboriginal people have with their land and spiritual heritage.

at Koongarra is the occurrence of abundant secondary minerals, principally within the secondary dispersion fan above the No. 1 orebody but also to a lesser extent in the primary ore zones. These secondary uranium minerals are noted for their variety of brillant colours, so their presence is easily recognized

Koongarra. Koongarra was one of three uranium deposits (along with Ranger and Jabiluka) excluded from the original Kakadu National Park boundaries. Koongarra lies within the traditional lands of the Djok clan and is a region of approximately 12,000 hectares.

A new stretch of woodland, called Koongarra (Kunkarra), was recently added to Kakadu National Park. Koongarra (Kunkarra)’s key Traditional Owner, Jeffrey Lee, fought for more than a decade to prevent mining in his ancestral lands.

The Koongarra uranium deposit in the Alligator Rivers region of Australia is one of the best-studied natural analogue sites. The deposit has been subjected to chemical weathering over several million years, during which many climatological, hydrological, and geological changes have taken place, resulting in the mobilization and spreading of ...

The former Koongarra Project Area (KPA) lies within the traditional lands of the Djok clan and is a region of ap- proximately 12,000 hectares. Until February 2013 Koon- garra was excluded from the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park, which completely surrounds the area.