Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo

Caption

Traditional Owner Ian Waina inspecting a Naturalistic painting of a kangaroo, determined to be more than 12,700 years old based on the age of overlying mud wasp nests. The inset is an illustration of the painting above it.

Credit

Photo: Peter Veth and the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, Illustration: Pauline Heaney

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