Jacqui Katona
Encyclopedia
Jacqui Katona is a western-educated Aboriginal
woman who led 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.
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
woman who led the campaign to stop the Jabiluka
Jabiluka
Jabiluka is a uranium deposit and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr Aboriginal people...
uranium mine
Uranium mining
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. The worldwide production of uranium in 2009 amounted to 50,572 tonnes, of which 27% was mined in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia are the top three producers and together account for 63% of world uranium...
in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
. In 1998 the Mirrar Aboriginal people, together with environmental groups, used peaceful on-site civil disobedience
Civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance...
to create one of the largest blockades in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's history. Katona won the 1999 U.S. Goldman Environmental Prize
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. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
, with Yvonne Margarula
Yvonne Margarula
Yvonne Margarula won the 1998 Friends of the Earth International Environment Award and the 1998 Nuclear-Free Future Award. She also won the 1999 U.S...
, in recognition of efforts to protect their country and culture against uranium mining.
See also
- Energy Resources of AustraliaEnergy Resources of AustraliaEnergy Resources of Australia Ltd is a public company based in Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group which owns 68.4% of the company. The chairman is David Klingner and chief executive officer is Harry Kenyon-Slaney....
- List of Australian inquiries into uranium mining
- Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park
- Uranium in the environmentUranium in the environmentUranium in the environment refers to the science of the sources, environmental behaviour, and effects of uranium on humans and other animals. Uranium is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long physical half-life...
- Women and the environment through historyWomen and the environment through historyEnvironmental history books have mostly focused on men’s roles, and generally women’s involvement with nature has been ignored. Even historical texts have been deficient in writing about women participation in environmentalist actions. So, the result is that women’s role in environmental struggles...