Police say they are investigating the apparent desecration of the cultural heritage site, which has hurt and angered the area's Aboriginal custodians.
A sacred well believed to be thousands of years old has been filled with concrete in outback Queensland, sparking a police investigation.Rangers removed about 25 kilograms of concrete, stones and soil from the native well near WindorahA ranger says the apparently deliberate act is "just another insult" to her people
Rangers from the Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation found the damage during a recent routine check and removed about 25 kilograms of material from the well. The wells are no longer in use, but attract visitors eager to learn about the area's Aboriginal history.The Longreach Criminal Investigation Branch and Windorah police are investigating the matter as a possible case of wilful damage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.
"It's very frustrating, because these particular points of interest or cultural heritage sites have been given freely to share with the general public.""It's also very disrespectful," she said.Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation general manager Josh Gorringe estimated the native wells to be 3,000 to 5,000 years old."They were generally covered up with rocks, logs, and sticks … so the big animals like kangaroos and emus couldn't drink out of them.
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