Australia Forms Rock Art Reserves
September 25, 2009 Sydney Morning Herald:
Sign on the dotted line saves spectacular rock art
Yesterday the federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, and traditional indigenous owners signed an agreement at the base of a spectacular gallery of rock art, establishing the first of two new conservation reserves on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory.
Known as the Warddeken and Djelk Indigenous Protected Areas, the reserves span 20,432 square kilometres, stretching from high rocky country to the islands off northern Australia. They include sandstone gorges, pristine rivers, tropical savannah and coastal wetlands.
Under the agreements negotiated with 137 Aboriginal groups, traditional owners will manage the reserves helped by indigenous rangers in full-time jobs paid for by the Federal Government.
My search for Aboriginal rock art had sparse results, Google could be your guide to the scattered examples on the web.
*Edit Mar 14