History of Murujuga/the Burrup Peninsula
The culturally significant landscape of Murujuga, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, records over 50,000 years of Aboriginal history within its unique petroglyphs. Murujuga, also known as the Burrup Peninsula, contains an estimated 2 million individual rock engravings, making it home to one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of petroglyphs. Murujuga is a vital cultural site for understanding human history, cultural custodianship and continuity. FARA is seriously committed to protect, preserve and promote this world-significant cultural landscape.
‘Murujuga Marni: Rock Art of the Macropod Hunters and Mollusc Harvesters’, Ken Mulvaney, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, 17:1, 113-116 2017
‘The Dampier Rock Art Precinct, Western Australia’, Robert G. Bednarik, Colloque UNESCO, Crikey, December 2008
‘Petroglyphs of the Dampier Archipelago: Background to Development and Descriptive Analysis’, Patricia Vinnicombe, Rock Art Research, Vol. 19 2002

