White Supremacist Protesters Climb Off-Limits Indigenous Site

NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has called the protesters ‘vile’ and police are now investigating.

Mount Warning, in northern NSW, which is said to be the first place in Australia to see the sun rise, Dec. 19, 2008. AAP Image/Diana Plater

A group of Australian white supremacists have defied a climbing ban at Wollumbin Mountain in New South Wales, unfurling a banner at the summit which said “Mt Warning for the White man” and posting the images on social media.

Mt Warning is the former name of the peak. The site is sacred to Aboriginal people, and a ban on climbing above 600 metres is in place.