I have no expertise in this area, but my guess is that there would be millions of sites like this across Australia. Australia is absolutely massive and the indi

I have no expertise in this area, but my guess is that there would be millions of sites like this across Australia. Australia is absolutely massive and the indigenous population has an epic 40-80k years of history here. If you wanted to preserve everything just in case, no one could move a foot. I suspect they have preserved the key sites with the best scientific opportunities or main cultural importance, and that these are much more run of the mill. That said, mining companies make buckets of money and I have no issue with tipping the scales a bit against their convenience and profitability for something like this.