Murujuga has been cared for by Ngarda-Ngarli for more than 50,000 years. We’re studying how the extraordinary rock art it contains can be protected in the future.
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The age of the rock art at Wetar means it could be one of the earliest places outside of Taiwan to document the Austronesian migration.
Prehistoric pollen records show that forest dynamics were driven by more than just broad-scale climatic changes.
Trance states may influence the movements depicted in rock art.
The rock art reveals the Thylacine’s deep significance to Aboriginal peoples.
Some of the dances depicted in rock art are just about entertainment, not ritual.
People were creating cave art in Indonesia 67,800 years ago – before modern humans reached Australia.
Long ago, people identified fossils in their environment and explained them within their own cultural framework. This was early citizen science.
New research details Aboriginal craftsmanship – along with accompanying wall art – at a remote site in the Cape York Peninsula.
The large, naturalistic engravings are a striking symbol for survival in the desert.
Heritage is a public good and people should be able to engage with their past.
This new project has strong potential to be scaled up and delivered in other land and cultural heritage management contexts.
Murujuga is Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only the second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.
Two legal challenges threaten to overturn the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas project. A legal expert considers their prospects.
The Queensland government has halted a World Heritage nomination bid put forth by Labor last year. It’s next steps could greatly impact the cape’s future.
Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.
Environmental and First Nations groups have campaigned against extending Karratha’s large gas plant. Australia’s new environment minister just approved it.
A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Saharan regions.
Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day West Papua, some 50,000 years ago.
Local community archaeology tourism benefits the heritage, the people and the rainforest.
Top contributors
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Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University
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Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Professor of Archaeological Science, Griffith University
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Professor, Director of Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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Research Centre of Archeometry, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
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Professor, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities, Adelaide University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Adelaide University
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Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior research fellow, Flinders University
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Senior Erre Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Clinical Communication, University of Liverpool
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University