Aboriginal Rock art at Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu. The x-ray style used by aboriginal artists in the top end of Australia is also found elsewhere but is considered to have reachted its highest level of expr"ession in Western Arnhem land.
The Anbangbang Gallery is found at Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) at the eastern edge of the Kakadu National Park. In Kakadu alone, there are more than 5,000 documented rock art sites. Beyond, in the permit-only, rarely visited expanses of the Arnhemland, there are tens of thousands. People have been using these shelters for at least 40,000 years, decorating in the process. The most visible layers of rock art are often on top of other paintings going back much further.
Unesco: Kakadu National Park
RR: Weekly RR
Date: Feb 24
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