A landmark agreement over a future world heritage listing of the burrup peninsula s ancient rock art has been signed by the west australian government and the murujuga aboriginal corporation. The burrup peninsula is located on the north western coast of western australia on the dampier archipelago. The burrup peninsula approximately 27km long and 5km wide was originally an island that formed part of this grouping until it was joined to the mainland in the mid 1960s by a rail and road causeway built by industry.
This ancient outdoor art gallery is decorated with more than 20000 aboriginal engravings dating back over 40000 years making it one of the best places in australia to see ancient indigenous art. The burrup peninsula is one of the richest sites in the world for prehistoric rock engravings. Western australia to seek world heritage listing this article is more than 1 year old a senate report warning of damage to the 50 000 year old treasures has persuaded.
Burrup peninsula rock art. Murujuga national park and the islands of the dampier archipelago showcase what is thought to be the highest concentration of rock engravings of any known site in the world. The burrup peninsula is a small landmass with a large range of habitats a diverse array of wildflowers and wildlife and an ancient outdoor art gallery.
The burrup peninsula near karratha has more than one million engravings documenting human presence in the area for at least 47 000 years and is the longest continuous production of rock art in the. The federal government on friday lodged a submission for the murujuga cultural landscape on western australia s burrup peninsula to be included on australia s world heritage tentative list. See 6 reviews articles and 7 photos of burrup peninsula ranked no 1 409 on tripadvisor among 2 099 attractions in western australia.
Burrup peninsula western australia. A lot of business and industry out there so a fair amount you can just drive past but some nice beaches harbours and some private roads they will let you know pretty quick that. Burrup excuse me we did a day up and down the burrup peninsula just checking out the scenery which there is lots of.
Murujuga usually known as the burrup peninsula is an island in the dampier archipelago in the pilbara region of western australia containing the town of dampier originally named dampier island after the english navigator william dampier it lies 3 km off the pilbara coast in 1963 the island became an artificial peninsula when it was connected to the mainland by a causeway for a road and.
