Pilbara, Western Australia
Pilbara Region and Aboriginal Rock Art
Mount Goldsworthy, Pilbara. This was
originally a mountain
Split Rock, Pilbara
Aboriginal Rock Engravings
The Western Australian Government sanctioned sacrifice of Australian Aboriginal rock engravings on the Burrup Peninsula for the petrochemical industry
I am therefore including four images I have not previously shown, as it did not feel right to do so
The "Gregory Stone", presumably following the Gregory Expedition of eighteensomething. The depiction is very literal and describes a horse & rider and boot-deformed feet. Australian Aboriginal feet are broad, earth grasping feet. There is a 5x4" image of this rock in the landscape, but I have decided to withold it as it would betray the location
Shadow Self Portrait, Burrup
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