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Rock ArtSite Name: Nawarla Gabarnmung rock art siteCountry: Australia
NOTE: This site is 268.182 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Latitude: 12.1685S Longitude: 133.833520E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
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An Australian Aboriginal rock art may depict a giant bird that is thought to have become extinct some 40,000 years ago, thereby making it the oldest rock painting on the island continent.
ANCIENT rock art is slowly being rediscovered within Jawoyn land. In May this year, an internationally -acclaimed archaeological team spent ten days digging and documenting a small portion of a rock art complex called Gabarnmung (Barra Site).
A group of Jawoyn Traditional Owners including Margaret Katherine and Sybil Ranch together with Jawoyn CEO Preston Lee and Nitmiluk Tours Chairman Wes Miller will soon visit the Monash University labs to review the results from the carbon dating process and to see for themselves all the finds from the dig. Gabarnmung was rediscovered three years ago after it was spotted by Jawoyn Association staff from a helicopter.
The site has a ceiling covered with rock art with the layers signifying the location was visited over and overagain.
There are a number of paintings of fish, crocodiles, wallabies, people, spiritual figures and much more.
Cultural and Environment Manager Ray Whear and pilot Chris Morgan have spent thousands of hours flying over the land as part of the Jawoyn land management programme and have rediscovered more than 3,000 rock art sites this way.
They have been taking Jawoyn elders out to the sites in the hope they can learn more about what the paintings mean and their significance to the Jawoyn people.
It’s the first time a dig has taken place on Jawoyn country and it was led by Monash University’s Doctor Bruno David.
The rest of the team consisted of co-Principal archaeologist from France Professor Jean-Michel Geneste, Senior eomorphologist Professor Jean-Jacques Delannoy and two documentary filmmakers for the scientific team Bernard Sanderre and Patricia Marquet.
The team spent time examining the paintings and also doing small digs to try and date the site and its paintings.
Dr David said he has dedicated his life to working with Indigenous communities documenting the history of their cultural places in close collaboration with them.
“It is their country, their site(s), their history, their ancestors, and in all this, about their lives today. We cannot treat archaeology as abstract science, as it always involves the home and history of individuals and groups,” Mr David said.
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