A sewage farm. A youth detention centre. Now meet Werribee's radioactive cows

By Mark Hawthorne, Senior Editor
Updated February 26 2017 - 5:08pm, first published 1:58pm
A cow near the site in Werribee where radioactive carcasses are buried. Photo: Joe Armao
A cow near the site in Werribee where radioactive carcasses are buried. Photo: Joe Armao
An aerial view of the four hectares where radioactive carcasses are buried in Werribee. Photo: Joe Armao
An aerial view of the four hectares where radioactive carcasses are buried in Werribee. Photo: Joe Armao
A high school next to the site in Werribee. Photo: Joe Armao
A high school next to the site in Werribee. Photo: Joe Armao
An artist's impression of Australian Education City in Werribee.
An artist's impression of Australian Education City in Werribee.
The waterway that runs through the site in Werribee where radioactive cow carcasses are buried. Photo: Joe Armao
The waterway that runs through the site in Werribee where radioactive cow carcasses are buried. Photo: Joe Armao
Australian Education City is proposed for the site in Werribee.
Australian Education City is proposed for the site in Werribee.

Sixty radioactive cow carcasses are buried beneath land in Werribee that the Andrews government is trying to sell to a Chinese consortium keen to build a $20-billion education precinct in Melbourne's west.

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