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Traditionally a meeting place, Walga holds a gallery of Aboriginal rock painting - This Place

18 December 2019
Culture and Capability
Large ochre coloured rock lies on a plain of ochre coloured soil and bushland.

Learn the origins of the Aboriginal Rock paintings on Walga, one of Australia’s largest monoliths.

For thousands of years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been naming places that were sacred or important to them.

This video is part of an ABC produced series named This Place. It tells the story behind one of these special places:

50km south-west of Cue, Walga Rock is one of Australia’s largest monoliths, as well as one of the largest galleries of Aboriginal Rock paintings in Western Australia.

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For more information, visit This Place.