Kutikina Cave

Kutikina Cave
Kutikina Cave
Kutikina Cave
location in Australia
Kutikina Cave
Kutikina Cave
Kutikina Cave (Australia)
Alternative nameFraser Cave
LocationSouth West Wilderness
RegionTasmania, Australia
Coordinates42°31′42″S 145°46′8.4″E / 42.52833°S 145.769000°E / -42.52833; 145.769000
Site notes
Excavation dates1980s
ArchaeologistsDon Ranson and Rhys Jones

Kutikina Cave (or Kuti Kina or Fraser Cave) is a rock shelter located on the Franklin River in the South West Wilderness, a World Heritage Area in the Australian state of Tasmania.

Originally referred to as Fraser Cave, it was important in the establishment of the antiquity and range of Aboriginal occupation in Tasmania during the Pleistocene.[1]

  1. ^ "Australia: The Land Where Time Began, A biography of the Australian continent, Kutikina Cave "spirit" (Frazer Cave)". Austhrutime.com. Retrieved 16 November 2014.