The highlight of Murujuga National Park are its petroglyphs. This is art that's engraved onto rocks. Murujuga is home to the largest and most diverse collections of rock art in the world. The images shown in the art capture at least 47,000 years of human existence. Mind blowing! Explore the art and information along a specially designed 700m boardwalk.
Murujuga means "Hip Bone Sticking Out" in the Ngarluma-Yaburara language. It refers to the 42 islands of the Dampier Archipelago, Burrup Peninsula and Murujuga National Park. The Ngarda-Ngarli have been part of Murujuga for tens of thousands of years and have a deep and spiritual connection to this land.
The park is part of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape World Heritage Area.
Murujuga means "Hip Bone Sticking Out" in the Ngarluma-Yaburara language. It refers to the 42 islands of the Dampier Archipelago, Burrup Peninsula and Murujuga National Park. The Ngarda-Ngarli have been part of Murujuga for tens of thousands of years and have a deep and spiritual connection to this land.
The park is part of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape World Heritage Area.