Mugadgadjin Aboriginal Shelter Rock Art - Black Range, Victoria
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bucketeer
S 37° 05.950 E 142° 05.625
54H E 597192 N 5893566
An Aboriginal Shelter with Rock Paintings
Waymark Code: WME9AE
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/22/2012
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Mugadgadjin is a small rock shelter containing motifs of emu, crow and kangaroo tracks painted in white clay and red ochre. Unfortunately with arrival of European settlers in the area most of the indigenous culture was lost and little is known of the meanings of this artwork, which wasn't recorded by europeans until 1962.
The Jardwadjali people who occupied this area would have sought shelter here during during winter and spring when high rainfalls are experienced.
Mugadgadjin takes it's name from a nearby spring, Gadjin means water.
Access is via a 200 metre walking track from the Black Range picnic ground.
Type of Pictograph: Rock Painting
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