The maliwawa image collected from the aboriginal Namunidjbuk estate in the Wellington Range of Australia depicts a macropod. (Courtesy of Paul Taçon, Griffith University) The maliwawa image collected ...

Linear Naturalistic Figure (LNF) of a macropod along with digital outline (© Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation and Kimberley Visions; all photos courtesy Ana Paula Motta) Archaeologists in Australia ...

Archaeologists have discovered a new style of ancient Australian rock art that features unusual depictions of human and animal figures, seemingly living in harmony. The works from this ancient art ...

Australia, one of the largest producers of uranium on the planet, has just announced the discovery of a huge deposit that spreads under the Wellington mountain range. Unfortunately this mountain range ...

Thousands of years ago, in what’s now the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Aboriginal artists created elaborate rock paintings. Much of the artwork still exists today. “If you’re walking beside ...

In a devastating hit to global world heritage, vandals struck South Australia’s Koonalda Cave on on Nullarbor Plain, destroying 30,000-year-old artwork at the national heritage site. The cave is ...

This research was led by Dr Sally K. May at Griffith University as a part of Professor Paul S.C. Taçon's ARC Laureate project "Australian rock art: History, conservation and Indigenous well-being". We ...

Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University Paul S.C.Taçon receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Andrea ...

The rocky terrain of northern Australia's Arnhem Land contains many examples of Aboriginal artwork John Coppi / CSIRO Hundreds of pieces of rock art were recently discovered in a remote region of ...

A committee investigating the effects of industrial emissions on significant Aboriginal rock art in the Western Australia's north-west has released its first results. The interim report found the ...