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> > It is an interesting issue. Military bases and nuclear facilities are<br>
> > often fully mapped in OSM, but often the location of many Aboriginal<br>
> > carvings and sensitive areas etc, are not.<br>
> > <br>
> It is my understanding that for some tribes even the location of <br>
> sacred sites is only available to initiated members of the tribe and<br>
> only recognisable to those initiates. This makes them rather <br>
> difficult to map whereas military and nuclear sites are usually <br>
> recognisable on remote sensing images.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">I was told that there is a real danger of aboriginal sacred sites</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">being vandalised. Keeping their location a secret is an attempt</font></tt><br>
<tt><font size="2">to avoid them being destroyed.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font size="2">Nick</font></tt><br>
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