Rick Kelly drives the #1 Nismo Athlete Global Team Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 during the Bathurst 12 Hour Race at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, NSW in Australia on Feb. 7, 2016. Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images
An Indigenous group that previously succeeded in blocking development of a gold mine has failed in a bid to declare Bathurst’s McPhillamy Park a sacred site.
On Sept. 25, 2025, Bathurst Regional Council announced that the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation had placed an emergency application under section 9 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection (ATSIHP) Act in order to seek protection for the area on Mount Panorama at McPhillamy Park.
