“A beacon of Western Australia’s tourism excellence”: the interaction of Indigenous rights, mass graves and tourism at Wadjemup Rottnest Island
Anna Charlton Wadjemup Rottnest Island is an island 20km off the Western Australian (WA) coast. Today, for the hundreds of thousands of people that visit each year, it is one of WA’s most popular tourist destinations – famous for its pristine beaches, cycling, snorkelling and quokkas – but for First Nations communities, it holds a profoundly different significance. Wadjemup is part of the traditional lands belonging to the Whadjuk Noongar nation and is a sacred place…