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Radiocarbon dating at ANSTO informs date of oldest known Aboriginal rock art
Balanggarra
Summary...
ANSTO’s world-class radiocarbon dating capabilities at the Centre for Accelerator Science have provided evidence of a 17,300-year-old painting of a kangaroo from the Kimberley region that pre-dates the Gwion Gwion style.
Traditional owner, Ian Waina, contemplating a painting of a kangaroo that we now know must be more than 12,700 years old Credit: Peter Veth, Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation