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Paddy Jumungee Paddy Jumungee i(A126452 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Argyle Diamond Mine 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 100-107)

'In 1979-80 the new community was confronted with the imminent development of the Argyle Diamond Mine. Sacred sites were damaged, and the people feared the effects of a large mining town nearby. Their attempts to use legislative rights were unsuccessful, the Sate Government of the day being firmly behind the mining company. This was a traumatic and divisive period'.

'Nowadays members of the community prefer to emphasise their limited gains in negotiating protection of some of the sacred sites and obtaining some recompense from the company. They recognise that they had no hope of stopping the mine, and are relieved that many of the potential effects have been contained by ADM's avoidance of a town and control of it's workers'.
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