Benjamin Smith
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Benjamin Smith
@bwsmith1.bsky.social
Professor of Archaeology (World Rock Art), University of Western Australia
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Our new podcast episode uncovers the mysterious death of Ah Hing, a 19th-century Chinese laundryman in Onslow. 🕵️‍♂️ Join us as we discuss the case and reveal the challenges faced by early Chinese laborers in Australia.

🎧 Listen to Ep 7 today! 👉 linktr.ee/chinesewa
June 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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If anyone wants to get a true feel for the amazing place that is Murujuga and the travesty that is currently unfolding please watch this short film.
The Fight to Save Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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May 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
theconversation.com/how-the-nort.... Time to deliver on the rhetoric and for Murray Watt to impose proper operating conditions that will protect the rock art of Murujuga.
How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art
Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.
theconversation.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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"If this was somewhere else in the world, there would be a national outcry.

"The pollutants that are coming out of those Woodside stacks are actively degrading the rock art surfaces.

"It's incontestable."

🎙️Professor of Archaeology Benjamin Smith
#savemurujuga #auspol
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Curious about early Chinese-Australian businesses in Western Australia? 🧐 Our latest podcast episode delves into See Sing & Co., a pioneering Chinese-Australian enterprise that connected Cossack, Broome & Roebourne 🗺

🎧 Listen to Episode 6 today! 👉 linktr.ee/chinesewa
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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The latest episode of the Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia podcast series delves into the rich and often overlooked history of Chinese market gardens in Western Australia 🥬

🎧 Listen to Episode 5: Chinese Market Gardens today! 👉 linktr.ee/chinesewa
April 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#Murujuga is one of the most important #rockart sites in the world. We’ve known since the 1990s that it is threatened by #pollution from #gas processing. Since 2018 I have led a team a international scientists to study this issue. Come and hear what we have found.
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FREMANTLE PUBLIC TALK: The Endangered Rock Art of Murujuga
Priceless Western Australian cultural heritage is at risk from the gas industry
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April 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Fabulous street exhibition opens today in Nick's Lane, Northbridge, celebrating the heritage of Chinese Western Australians. Free to all. Enjoy. #uwaresearch
April 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
You are invited to a talk next week on trees in the rock art of Zimbabwe. Come and enjoy it. The talk is in the Old Economics Building at UWA. Enter Social Sciences from car park near Reid Library. Take stairs (or elevator) all the way to top. Open to All.
March 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Our latest podcast episode explores the origins of our project and the comprehensive digital portal showcasing the rich heritage of Western Australia's Chinese community 🔍✨

Listen now at linktr.ee/chinesewa 🎧 and visit chinesewa.net to browse our portal today! 💻
February 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM