Quinkan Country
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One of Australia's great rock art regions, named for the spirit beings that haunt its galleries.
Sandstone escarpments around Laura, in far north Queensland, carry one of Australia's richest concentrations of rock art: painted, stencilled and engraved figures spread through shelters and overhangs across some 230,000 hectares. The country is named for the Quinkan spirit beings that recur across its galleries — tall, thin Timara and squat, heavy Imjim. Rock art here has been recorded at about 27,000 years old, with occupation older still, and the tradition runs on into the contact era.
The art
- ◦ Timara and Imjim spirit figures
- ◦ Rock art recorded at c. 27,000 BP
- ◦ National Heritage listed in 2018
How it was made
How we know its age
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Plan a Visit
Sources
- 1.Quinkan rock art — Wikipedia
- 2.Quinkan Country, Peninsula Developmental Rd, Laura, QLD — Australian Heritage Database
Further reading
- Quinkan Corner and Tent Shelter — Don's Maps