The News Summer 2022
Read on as we bring you all the updates from Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.
The first of which, as you might have already noticed, is our beautiful new dual name. The Wajarri words within our new dual name mean 'Sharing sky and stars', and we're incredibly grateful for the opportunity to play a role in sharing more about Wajarri culture and Country on the world stage via the observatory.
On 5 November we were gifted this traditional name by the Wajarri community as part of the new Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) that has expanded the observatory to cover Boolardy Station's footprint.
The new ILUA also enables SKA-Low telescope construction on site – which launched just a few weeks ago on 5 December! The SKA Observatory announced the start of on-site construction with a ceremony in the Murchison and a stakeholder event in Perth. This milestone is decades in the making, congratulations must go to all involved, and especially to those who were part of the events.
Finally, in this edition we also welcome new members to the Site Entity team and farewell our project manager Jane.
Details on all this and more in my blog below.
Until next time, Bec
We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as Traditional Owners and native title holders of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory site.