00:02An ancient land now permanently protected.
00:05My daughter's grandchildren will be able to come back to places like this
00:11and they'll be pristine and their kids will be able to do the same.
00:17Three generations of Wankamudla women gathered on Peelunga Reserve
00:21comforted by the fact their ancestral home is now off limits to industry.
00:26No doubt it would have been destroyed.
00:28The 229,000 hectare site southwest of Mount Isa has been declared a Special Wildlife Reserve.
00:35It means the area, which had attracted interest from mining companies,
00:40now has national park level protections.
00:43It's designed to protect the most extraordinary places that we have in Queensland.
00:47The reserve is home to rare reptiles and mammals like the fat-tailed Sudan Takinas
00:52as well as ancient rock carvings, a collection too sacred to show publicly.
00:57They must have been ceremonial, they must have been ritual.
01:01And ritual helps people to remember things that they can't write down.
01:07Peelunga is the third Special Wildlife Reserve in Queensland,
01:10but the first designated for its cultural values.
01:13Bush Heritage has hopes that it can achieve the same protections for its reserves across the state.
01:19To protect culture and nature for future generations.
01:22or family nations.
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