Jabiluka Blockaders
Photo courtesy Jabiluka blockade office

On March 23 1998, the Jabiluka construction site was blockaded, by invitation of the Mirrar people. Around 3000 people took on the mining company and it's taxpayer-funded police support to raise the profile of the issue and put a spanner into construction plans. Seven months and 500 arrests later, the blockade closed for the wet season and Jabiluka was the biggest environmental issue in Australia.