Burrup Peninsula Rock Art

What is the age of the rock art on the Burrup Peninsula?

• 1,000-2,000 years old

• 5,000-10,000 years old

• 20,000-30,000 years old

• 50,000-60,000 years old

What is the most common subject matter of the rock art on the Burrup Peninsula?

• Humans

• Animals

• Landscapes

• Abstract designs

What is the name of the style of rock art found on the Burrup Peninsula?

• X-ray style

• Dot style

• Handprint style

• Petroglyph style

Which mining industry is a threat to the preservation of the rock art on the Burrup Peninsula?

• Coal mining

• Oil and gas mining

• Diamond mining

• Gold mining

Which of the following is NOT a conservation measure used to protect the rock art on the Burrup Peninsula?

• Covering the rock art with plastic sheeting

• Limiting access to the rock art

• Creating buffer zones around the rock art

• Monitoring the rock art for damage and deterioration

Why are the rock carvings at the Burrup Peninsula so special?

• They are over 30 thousand years old and evidence of some of the oldest creations of human faces.

• They are the most simplistic carvings in the world.

• They are evidence of aliens visiting the earth thousands of years old.

• They are extremely old and extremely large.

The Burrup Peninsula Rock Carvings are evidence that...

• Australian first people have the oldest living culture in the world.

• Shows that the first people had complex spiritual beliefs tens of thousands of years ago.

• Shows that the first people were using stone-edge tools before Stonehenge was built.

• All of the above.

Where is the world’s largest collection of ancient rock art?

• Murujuga/Burrup Peninsula

• Ikara/Flinders Ranges

• Gariwerd/Grampians

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta