NT nuclear waste dump photo exhibition
For interested members:
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated by Sandy Edwards
Exhibiting at Pine Street Gallery 18 ~ 28 January 2012
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud" is a photographic exhibition presenting the community and country in the Northern Territory targeted to host a federal radioactive waste dump. The photos aim to break down the conception that these areas are 'the middle of nowhere' and thus suitable for dumping of hazardous materials.

Photographer Jagath Dheerasekara (http://jd.photoshelter.com/) is of political refugee background from Sri Lanka and specialises in social documentary and social justice reportage. Jagath received the Amnesty International Human Rights Innovation Grant 2010 to begin work on this exhibition and was a finalist in the prestigious Bowness Photography Prize 2011 with one of the images.
The exhibition is a collaborative project with the Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) (www.beyondnuclearinitiative.com) and the Muckaty Traditional Owners featured in the photographs. BNI is a not for profit project hosted by the Arid Lands Environment Centre in Alice Springs which seeks to highlight the adverse impact of the nuclear industry in Australia and promote a nuclear free future.
The exhibition is also supported by Amnesty International, Jumbunna Indigenous house of Learning (UTS), Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Sydney) and the Australian Conservation Foundation.
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[ 0 ] it's an excellent, interesting exhibition. Well worth visiting to "meet" the Aboriginal people who don't want a nuclear dump on their land. Would you? Not at Lidcombe NSW either, not anywhere!
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