Australia's Aboriginals win bid for Unesco listing of ancient site


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Tourists near Deep Gorge on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia stand close to one of the world’s largest concentrations of ancient Aboriginal rock engravings. Photo: AFP

A delegation of Australia's Aboriginal people that travelled to Paris to campaign for UN backing to protect a heritage site they say is threatened by harmful mining were "overjoyed" on Friday as the ancient site was recognised on the coveted list.

The World Heritage Committee at Unesco, the United Nations' cultural organisation, had been deliberating since the start of the week on what sites to include in the latest edition of the body's world heritage list.

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