Manja Aboriginal Shelter Rock Art - Grampians National Park, Victoria
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S 37° 16.607 E 142° 16.464
54H E 612981 N 5873661
An Aboriginal Shelter with Rock Paintings and Hand Stencils
Waymark Code: WMAB3H
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 12/17/2010
Views: 6
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.
Manja Shelter contains many stencils of hands made by blowing a mixture of ground red ochre and with water, animal fats or egg yolk over outstretched hands. Drawings of stick figures & animal tracks were applied using fingers or brushes.
Manja Shelter was formerly known as Cave of Hands.
Access is via a 2.5km walking track of Harrop Track.
Type of Pictograph: Rock Painting
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