Jacqui Katona

Jacqui Katona is an Aboriginal woman who tried to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.  In 1998 the Mirrar Aboriginal people, together with environmental groups, created one of the largest protests in Australia's history. Katona won the 1999 U.S. Goldman Environmental Prize because she protected her country and culture against uranium mining.The Long Journey HomeWisdom Interviews: Jacqui Katona

Related pages
 Uranium in the environment
 Manuel Pino

References

Other websites
 Yes to land rights! No to uranium mining! 
 Anti-nuke protests 
 Indigenous Leaders Call For End To Uranium Mining 

Category:Living people
Category:Indigenous Australian activists
Category:People from the Northern Territory
Category:1966 births
Category:Australian environmentalists
Category:Civil disobedience
Category:Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
Category:Politics of Australia