Ubirr Rock Art

Most of the x-ray paintings in this gallery are from the freshwater period, within the last 1500 years. They show the abundant food available in the area surrounding Ubirr including fish, waterfowl, mussels, wallabies, goannas, echidnas and yams.

The main gallery also has interesting examples of contact art. A ‘white fella’ shown wearing a shirt, boots and with his hands in his trouser pockets, was probably an early buffalo hunter painted in the 1880s.

Close to the main gallery is a painting of a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), believed to have become extinct 2000 to 3000 years ago.Read more