Two painted watercraft at the Awunbarna rock art site in Arnhem Land, northern Australia, do not match the trepang-fishing ...

Australia's greatest ancient Aboriginal rock art is at risk of being damaged or destroyed because it sits at the epicentre of the country's resources boom, experts say. The etchings of men and animals ...

A recent study conducted by Dr. Ana Paula Motta and her colleagues, in collaboration with the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, has identified a new mid-to-late Holocene rock art style in ...

Ancient Indigenous rock art that has survived for thousands of years has been defaced by vandals, sparking a reminder of ...

A new project is assessing the influence of ancient rock art on the modern art of Indigenous peoples in Central Asia and Canada, revealing its importance to reclaiming cultural identities. Rock art ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologist and anthropologist Sue Smalldon sits among ancient rocks at Deep Gorge on the Burrup peninsula in the north of ...

For his upcoming solo exhibition, the Dharug artist has made 11 colourful clay sculptures that represent a counter-image to the bronzed Aussie beachgoer ...

“The Dreaming” isn’t quite the right way to put it. For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the Dreaming was a period when giants walked the earth, forming the landscape as we know it through their ...

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an exhibition at the Asia Society. By Arthur Lubow The Aboriginal art of northeast ...

A team of researchers working closely with Aboriginal communities in the northern Australian region of Arnhem Land has recorded rock art depicting unusual animals native to the continent. The team ...

A view of “Significant” at D’Lan Contemporary’s Melbourne gallery. Courtesy D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne. Photo: Gus Davidson A renewed surge of interest sparked by biennials and major institutions ...