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Media release: Doctoral Medal awarded to RAA researcher for best doctoral thesis

Dr Ben Gunn is the recipient of Monash University’s Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for best…
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Rock Art Australia Admin18 April 2018
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Rock art research is central to answering some of the big questions about human migration…
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Rock Art Australia Admin21 March 2018
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World’s Oldest Cave Art Found—And Neanderthals Made It

The findings suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans had the same cognitive abilities. Read more
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Rock Art Australia Admin12 March 2018
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Neanderthals – not modern humans – were first artists on Earth, experts claim

Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of…
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Rock Art Australia Admin12 March 2018
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NEWS AND VIEWS Scientific understanding of Indigenous Australian rock art

A new Chair in Archaeological Science will be created at the University of Melbourne, thanks…
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Rock Art Australia Admin13 November 2017
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Media release: NEW CHAIR TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ROCK ART

A new Chair in Archaeological Science will be created at the University of Melbourne thanks…
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Rock Art Australia Admin27 October 2017
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Dr Richard Cosgrove’s mapping of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley featured on the ABC

La Trobe archaeologist Dr Richard Cosgrove returns from a gruelling three months of field work in…
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Rock Art Australia Admin26 September 2017
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Rock art researcher Grahame Walsh may have got it wrong

One of Australia’s most controversial rock art researchers, Grahame Walsh, was wrong when he insisted…
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Rock Art Australia Admin25 September 2017
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Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago

Artefacts in Kakadu national park have been dated between 65,000 and 80,000 years old, extending…
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Rock Art Australia Admin24 July 2017
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Indigenous rock shelter in Top End pushes Australia’s human history back to 65,000 years

New excavations of a rock shelter near Kakadu National Park indicate humans reached Australia at…
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Rock Art Australia Admin24 July 2017
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    • Home
    • About Us
      • Our People
        • Science Advisory Council
        • Our Board
        • Our Team
        • Patrons
      • Our Story
      • Reports
      • Newsletters
    • What We Do
      • Our Approach
      • Research Projects
        • Rock Art Dating
          • Rock Art Dating Methods
        • Kimberley Visions
        • Unlocking Environmental Archives
      • Research Chairs
      • Completed Projects
      • Apply For Research Funding
      • Research Publications
    • Rock Art
      • Rock Art Styles
      • Rock Art Sequence
        • Rock Art Markings
        • Naturalistic
        • Gwion
          • Gwion Subgroups
        • Static Polychrome
        • Painted Hand
        • Superimposition
    • Support Us
    • News
      • General News
      • Current Projects
      • Blogs
      • Media Release
      • TV Posts
      • Lectures
      • Video Posts
    • Events
    • Contact Us

      Rock Art Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the places in which we live, work and play. We recognise and respect the enduring relationship they have with their lands and waters, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

      WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned that this website may contain images and voices of deceased persons.