Date Time Learning from tragedy and acting to prevent it happening again Today marks one year since the tragic destruction of the 46,000 year old caves at Juukan Gorge. These caves were of immense spiritual and cultural importance to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama People and the Pinikura People, as well as being of great archaeological significance and a part of Australia’s shared heritage. This destruction should never have occurred and must never happen again. Rebuilding relationships The destruction of the caves at Juukan Gorge and issues which arose subsequently cast a shadow across the minerals industry and had a deep and abiding effect on the industry’s relationships with partner First Nations landholders and communities.