Overview:-
- The Kakadu national park in Darwin in Australia contains thousands of aboriginal sites including rock arts, stone tools and rock shelters. The rock arts in Kakadu national park represent earliest human civilization, back more than 40000 years ago. The ancient art in Kakadu mainly represents hunting, ritual ceremonies and social life of the different inhabitants of life from different period of time. The oldest paintings in Kakadu park dated back 20000 years. The most recent rock art in the Kakadu national park was painted back in 1986.
- The Ubirr, Nourlangie rock and Nanguluwur are the most popular art sites in Kakadu park, main shelters of aboriginal people. Tasmanian tiger, catfish, mullet, goanna and snake-necked turtles are the main animals depicted in rock arts of Kakadu. There are also paintings that represent the mythical beliefs of the ancestors of Kakadu.
