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Quinkan rock art | |
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Location | near Laura, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 15°49′00″S 144°25′00″E / 15.81667°S 144.41667°E |
Official name | Quinkan Country |
Type | Listed place |
Designated | 10 November 2018 |
Reference no. | 106262 |
Quinkan rock art refers to a large body of locally, nationally and internationally significant Aboriginal rock art in Australia of a style characterised by their unique representations of "Quinkans" (an Aboriginal mythological being, often spelt "Quinkin"), found among the sandstone escarpments around the small town of Laura, Queensland (aka Quinkan region or Quinkan country).[1] Quinkan Country was inscribed on the Australian National Heritage List on 10 November 2018.[2]