Murujuga

Murujuga, also known as the Burrup Peninsula, is located in the Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia's Pilbara region and contains the world's largest and most significant collection of petroglyphs, estimated at over one million images spanning up to 50,000 years. The rock art includes depictions of the extinct thylacine and documents an unbroken record of human existence through the last ice age. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025, the cultural landscape is custodially managed by the Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Yaburara, Mardudhunera, and Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo peoples. Industrial development since 1963 has destroyed an estimated 24% of rock art on the peninsula.