Quinkan Rock Art

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 [1]. Quinkan Country was inscribed on the Australian National Heritage List on 10 November 2018 [1]. The Australian Heritage Commission's 1980 entry on the register of the national estate describes the Quinkan rock art as being located across 230,000 hectares of rugged sandstone plateaux and escarpments 4 km south east of Laura and 50 km west of Cooktown [1]. The paintings are generally large and well preserved, and engravings of great antiquity occur [1]. Engravings of both figurative and abstract styles are found throughout Quinkan country [1].