NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: Friday 11th July 2025

This morning’s top stories from the Ngaarda News team.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee is set to vote today on whether to place Murujuga rock art on the World Heritage list. Mujujuga on the Burrup Peninsula contains the world's most extensive collection of rock art, and some are estimated to be more than 50-thousand years old.

NAIDOC Perth Youth Finalist Bronson Richards is being recognised for his passion and commitment to empowering the next generation. The award coincides with this year’s NAIDOC theme, “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy”.

Nominations are closing soon for the 2025 Australian Mental Health Prize. Now in its tenth year, the award recognises outstanding work in mental health, including a category for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander leadership. Past winner Professor Juli Coffin says Aboriginal-led programs are making a real difference in communities.

A new children’s book by Yamatji-Noongar Elder Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is being released this NAIDOC Week, honouring this year’s theme: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy. Brave Young Eagle is an autobiographical story of loss, healing and cultural pride — drawing on Aunty Rhonda’s experience as a Stolen Generations survivor.

Curtin University researchers are pushing back against a new Harvard study that disputes the age and name of what’s believed to be the world’s oldest impact crater. Earlier this year, Curtin scientists identified a crater near Marble Bar in WA, estimating it was formed 3.47 billion years ago. However, a new paper from Harvard claims the impact occurred nearly a billion years earlier, naming the site the Moraga Crater.

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