Larngibunja Aboriginal Shelter Rock Art - Grampians National Park, Victoria - Pictographs on Waymarking.com

Grampians National Park encompasses 168,000 hectares of rugged mountain ranges. The park contains the largest concentration of rock art sites in Victoria, comprising over 60% of the State’s rock art sites. One site in the Victoria Range was dated as being in use at least 22,000 years ago. Unfortunately with arrival of European settlers in the area most of the indigenous culture was lost and little is known of the meanings of the artwork.
The Jardwadjali people who lived on the nearby plains to the west and north made seasonal visits to this shelter, by following the path of the nearby creek.
Drawings of stick figures and tally marks at the Larngibunja shelter were made using ground red ochre mixed with water, animal fats or egg yolk and applied using fingers or brushes. Later drawings were made using blocks of ochre as a crayon.
Larngibunja Shelter was formerly known as the Cave of Fishes, due to some of the figures resembling fish.
Access is a short walk from Goat track which is a 4WD only road with steep climbs and high erosion banks. Goat Track is seasonally closed and also closed at other times check status here (visit link) . Alternatively like me you can walk in which is about 2km hike from the Buandik Campground just of Harrop Track.

Type of Pictograph: Rock Painting

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