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Rock art suggests thylacines may have lived on mainland longer than first thought
Newly discovered rock art raises the possibility Tasmanian tigers and devils may...
Lloyd Jones 1 Apr 2026
More eyes on Murujuga after prestigious TIME Magazine listing
It was a long battle for the extraordinary Murujuga landscape across the Burrup...
David Prestipino 23 Mar 2026
Rock art sheds light on migration of early Australians
An ancient hand stencil on the walls of an Indonesian cave has sharpened scienti...
Keira Jenkins 22 Jan 2026
State injects millions into protection of Burrup Peninsula rock art
On WA's Burrup Peninsula, where 50,000-year-old engravings from First Nations pe...
Natasha Clark 9 Dec 2025
Nyamina hits the seas to protect World Heritage listed Murujuga
Protection of one of the world's richest and ancient collections of engraved roc...
David Prestipino 28 Nov 2025
Ken Wyatt takes the reins as new Chair of Rock Art Australia

Former federal minister Ken Wyatt AM has been appointed the new Chair of Rock Art Australia, a national non-profit research foundation dedicated to funding the research and understanding Australia's r...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 3, 2025
From rock art to sea turtles: Murujuga women rangers lead protection of World Heritage landscape

On a women's site of red rock and wind-carved outcrops on the Burrup Peninsula in WA's Pilbara region, two young Murujuga women rangers walk among the ancient stone.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 23, 2025
‘One of a kind’ Aboriginal rock art site reopens to the public

The Australian Capital Territory's only known Aboriginal art site has officially reopened. Sacred to Ngunnawal people, the the Yankee Hat Rock Art Site, located in the the Namadgi National Park had be...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 8, 2025
The eyes of the world are now on Murujuga

As the global spotlight turns to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape, which the World Heritage Committee is currently considering for listing, two contrasting scientific reports have sparked a wider debat...

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Staff writers Jul 10, 2025
Murujuga report lead researcher speaks out on rock art monitoring report

The lead scientist of a major report on the impact of industrial emissions on ancient Indigenous rock art at Murujuga, and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, have defended the summary of the finding...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 7, 2025
Murujuga report debunks acid rain theory, calls for ongoing monitoring of rock art

The organisers of two years of fieldwork and analysis by the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program released this week say that while there is no definitive conclusion gas giant Woodside's operations ar...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 24, 2025
Bushfire threatens Indigenous rock art

Fire crews are racing to protect Victoria's richest concentration of Indigenous rock art, as they tackle a series of out-of-control blazes ahead of an expected heatwave.

A 50,000-year timeline told through the Kimberley’s ancient rock art

Western Australia's Kimberley region holds one of the world's most extraordinary cultural treasures, with ancient rock art dating back as far as 50,000 years.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Oct 25, 2024
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation rangers apply academic lens to monitoring rock art

Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) Rangers are pioneering the development of a series of university-level micro-credentials for rock art monitoring in Murujuga.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Aug 30, 2024
Celebrating culture creates opportunities in Kakadu

In 2021, then 24-year-old Bininj man James Morgan founded Yibekka Kakadu Tours with the aim of creating more employment opportunities for local Bininj people, whilst sharing his cultural knowledge wit...

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Dianne Bortoletto Jun 25, 2024
Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program releases report on first year of work

The most extensive scientific study to date to examine the impact of industrial air emissions on the rock art engravings of Murujuga has released a report on results from the first year of field and l...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 15, 2023
Aboriginal Elders suspend Rio Tinto site survey over heritage concerns

Traditional Owners have halted a heritage survey on Rio Tinto's Brockman Syncline project in the Pilbara after blasting impacted an Indigenous rock shelter.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 11, 2023
WA Police Commissioner defends treatment of journalist after home raid and seizure of work equipment

Authorities have carried out multiple searches of a photojournalist who captured images of the removal of ancient rock art from the site for a fertiliser plant in Western Australia's Pilbara.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 4, 2023
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