Mintabie Kurow a Wɔbɛto Mu

So woyɛ obi a ɔpɛ aboɔden abo a ɛsom bo Opal no kɛse? Sɛ yiw a, ebia woate Mintabie Opal Town ho asɛm — beae a ɛde Australia Opals a eye sen biara no bi hoahoa ne ho. Wiɛ, sɛnea amanneɛbɔ a ɛreba yɛn nkyɛn kyerɛ no, South Australia Aban no asi gyinae sɛ wɔbɛto kurow no mu na wɔahyɛ emufo ma wɔatu afi mpɔtam hɔ wɔ afe biako ntam. Adɛn? Wiɛ, bere a Ɔman Aban no hwɛɛ mu akyi no, wohui sɛ nnipa pii te hɔ wɔ ɔkwan a mmara mma ho kwan so. Nea ɛsen saa no, aban amanneɛbɔ bi nso kyerɛe sɛ na kurow no yɛ beae a nnubɔne ne nsa kɔ Aboriginefo APY Asase so.

Mintabie Ho Abakɔsɛm Tiawa

Kurow no wɔ Adelaide atifi fam atɔe kilomita 1000 na ɛwɔ Marla atɔe fam kilomita 35 wɔ South Australia. Mintabie wɔ beae bi a wobetumi de atoto sare a ɛyɛ fɛ ho. Ɛyɛ papa sɛ wubehu sɛ Aboriginefo a wɔwɔ kurow no mu na wodii kan hwehwɛɛ nsase no mu na wotutuu aboɔden abo Opal. Wɔbɔɔ amanneɛ sɛ wɔ Wiase Ko I mu no, nkurɔfo no tɔn Mintabie Opal a wɔde esum ayɛ wɔ Coober Pedy. Europafo a wotu opal a wɔbɔɔ mmɔden sɛ wobetu wɔ beae hɔ no hui sɛ na ɛyɛ den yiye sɛ wɔde pick ne shovel kɛkɛ beyi aboɔden abo no. Bere a wɔrekɔ yɛn anim no, bɛyɛ afe 1976 mu no, wɔn a wotu fam no de bulldozers ne front-end loaders dii dwuma de buee twaa anhweatam no — eyi maa wotumi yɛɛ anhweatam a ɛyɛ den yiye no na wotumi nyaa ne Opals fɛfɛ no.

Enti Dɛn na Ɛrekɔ so wɔ afe 2018 mu wɔ Mintabie?

Ɛnnɛ nsrahwɛfo behu sɛ Mintabie yɛ kurow ketewaa bi a nnipa bɛyɛ 60 na wɔte mu. Bere a ɛwɔ tebea a asɛe koraa mu no, kurow no wɔ ahɔhodan, sukuu, sotɔɔ abien, wimhyɛn gyinabea ne akwahosan ayaresabea. Ɛdefa kurow a wɔato mu ho no, ɛho hia sɛ yɛhyɛ no nsow sɛ nsɛm a ɛhyɛ ase no nna adi mma nea edi kan a ɔbɛba hɔ no. Ɛyɛ nhwehwɛmu ne nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛe na aban no hui sɛ Mintabie ayɛ beae a ɛhɔ yɛ hyew a wɔde nnubɔne ne nsa a mmara mma ho kwan ma mpɔtam hɔfo. Asɛm a efi ABC daa no adi sɛ wɔbɔɔ sotɔɔ wura bi a ɔwɔ mpɔtam hɔ sobo sɛ wayi sika a ɛkɔ soro kodu dɔla ɔpepem biako afi mpɔtam hɔfo sikakorabea akontaabu mu.

Nea enye koraa no, wɔ December 2017 mu no, “amanneɛbɔ ahorow nso wɔ hɔ a ɛfa ogya a wɔtow hyɛɛ mu a ɛsɛee ofie bi, wɔde ɔbea bi too afiase wɔ ne fie na wɔtoo no mmonnaa, ahunahuna a wɔde ano ka kyerɛɛ sotɔɔ wuranom, wɔde ogya too kar abiɛsa mu, ogya a wɔhyɛɛ da sɔ sare a ɛbɛn hɔ sukuu no, break-and-enter wɔ sukuu no mu, atrae agyapade pii a wɔbu, ‘hooning’ ne nnubɔnetɔn”. Wohui nso sɛ wɔammɔ saa nsɛm yi mu biara ho amanneɛ ankyerɛ atumfoɔ anaa polisifo ma enti Ɔman Aban no twaa adan ne aguadi ho adan a wɔagye wɔ kurow no mu nyinaa mu.

Mintabie Opal a Wɔyɛ no Awiei

Kurow no a wɔbɛto mu no, wɔbɛma beae a wɔayi wɔn afi mu koraa atwa mpɔtam hɔ ho ahyia. Eyi kyerɛ sɛ wɔremma kwan mma wotu fagude ne fossking. Nsɛm a ɛyɛ awerɛhow a atwa kurow no ho ahyia no bɛma wɔahwere Mintabie Opal nneɛma pii a wɔahu.

Ne nyinaa mu no, ɛrenkyɛ wɔbɛto Mintabie kurow fɛfɛ no mu esiane ankorankoro bi a wonni adwempa nneyɛe nti. Saa bere yi de, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛba nea ɛrebɛba no so kɛkɛ na nokwarem no, yɛwɔ anidaso sɛ aban no bɛbɔ ɔkwan bi a nsrahwɛfo ne nsrahwɛfo da so ara betumi agye wɔn ahome wɔ Mintabie abɔde mu ahoɔfɛ no mu.

AKWANKYERƐ A ƐWƆ MINTABIE OPAL

Mintabie Opal