Explainer: why the rock art of Murujuga deserves World Heritage status
- Written by Jo McDonald, Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, University of Western Australia
Detail of a fish (likely black bream) on Enderby Island. Photo Vic Anderson
The West Australian government has committed to pursuing a World Heritage listing for the rock art of Murujuga. Murujuga is the Aboriginal name for the Dampier Archipelago and the Burrup Peninsula in north west WA and is home to at least a million individual works of art.
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