Anbangbang rock shelter
Rock shelter with Aboriginal paintings beneath Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park; in Life on Air Attenborough films its ochre figures.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life on Air | David Attenborough | subject | Attenborough films its ochre figures. |
Life on Air — David Attenborough (2002)
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The most spectacular of these we found at the foot of a monumental rock called Anbangbang that rose six hundred feet above the scrub.
- Role: subject
- In the book: At an overhang beneath Anbangbang the team finds almost life-sized red and white ochre figures, with white featureless faces and large headdresses. Attenborough notes that the paintings were later retouched by Old Najombolmi and that the site became a Kakadu treasure.
- Why it matters: One of the pivotal rock-art sites; the passage records both the first photographs and the later alteration of the paintings.