Jacqui Katona is a western-educated
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Isl ...
woman who led the campaign to stop the
Jabiluka uranium mine
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. Over 50 thousand tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account f ...
in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
. In 1998 the
Mirrar Aboriginal people, together with environmental groups, used peaceful on-site
civil disobedience to create one of the largest blockades in
Australia's history. Katona won the 1999 U.S.
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. ...
, with
Yvonne Margarula
Yvonne Margarula is an Aboriginal Australian environmentalist who won the 1998 Friends of the Earth International Environment Award and the 1998 Nuclear-Free Future Award. She also won the 1999 US Goldman Environmental Prize, with Jacqui Katon ...
, in recognition of efforts to protect their country and culture against uranium mining.
Wisdom Interviews: Jacqui Katona
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See also
*Energy Resources of Australia
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd () is a public company based in Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group which as of 2021 owns 86.3% of the company. The remainder is publicly held and traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. ...
* List of Australian inquiries into uranium mining
* Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park
* Uranium in the environment
* Women and the environment through history
References
External links
Yes to land rights! No to uranium mining!Anti-nuke protestsIndigenous Leaders Call For End To Uranium Mining
Australian environmentalists
Australian women environmentalists
Australian indigenous rights activists
Women human rights activists
Australian women activists
Australian anti-uranium activists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
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