Murujuga, formerly known as Dampier Island and today usually known as the Burrup Peninsula, is an area in the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, containing the town of Dampier.

Welcome to Murujuga. The Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation extends a warm welcome to you! ‘Murujuga’ means ‘hip bone sticking out’ and refers to the shape of the Burrup Peninsula, where we are located, and the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Jul 29, 2019 · Known as Murujuga in the local Aboriginal language, the site contains more than one million petroglyphs across 36,857ha of the peninsula and surrounding Dampier Archipelago. The petroglyphs of the Murujuga peninsula “ have been considered to constitute the largest gallery of such rock art in the world .”

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. Murujuga National Park is situated about 5 kilometres north-east of the …

With more than one million recorded rock engravings or petroglyphs, Murujuga National Park contains the densest concentration of rock art of any area in the world. The petroglyphs of Murujuga range in age, with some dating back fifty thousand years. Access to some rock engraving sites within the park is restricted under Aboriginal lore and custom.

Murujuga National Park covers an area of 5134 hectares and is located on the Burrup Peninsula near Dampier. The area is home to one of the largest, densest and most diverse collections of rock art engravings in the world, some dating back 50,000 years.

Murujuga, or the Burrup Peninsula, is a unique ecological, spiritual and archaeological area, containing the world’s oldest, largest and most significant collection of petroglyphs/ancient rock carvings, which record the survival of humankind over more than 50,000 years.

With an estimated one to two million petroglyphs (rock art engravings), Murujuga is home to one of the largest, densest and most diverse collections of rock art in the world, and is of continuing cultural and spiritual significance to the Traditional Owners and Custodians.

对于当地的原住民来说，Murujuga是一个神圣的地方，在这里你会发现着名的岩画，具有文化意义的古代岩石艺术。 据估计，在国家公园中发现了多达一百万张图像，其中一些已有35，000多年的历史。

Sep 10, 2024 · The Murujuga or formerly known as the Burrup Promontory is an impressive social and archeological site located in Western Australia. This region stakes a portion of the biggest rundown of stone carvings in the world, which is said to be more than 40,000 years.