Jacqui Katona
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Jacqui Katona is a western educated Aboriginal woman who values her heritage and who lead the campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory. 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, with Yvonne Margarula, in recognition of efforts to protect their country and culture against uranium mining.[1][2][3]
[edit] See also
- Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park
- Uranium in the environment
- Energy Resources of Australia
- Women and the environment through history
