Rock Paintings of Mua

Author(s): Liam Brady

Editor(s): Lynette Russel

Year: 2010

Summary

Mua is the second largest island in the Torres Strait. Beginning in 2001, six rock-art sites totalling 100 Determinate pictures, have been documented from the northeastern and southwestern side of the island. Bruno David and Ian McNiven recorded Mua 1 and Mua 10 in 2001. Liam Brady documented the rock-art from remaining sites in 2002 and 2003.

Cite this Record

Rock Paintings of Mua. Liam Brady, Lynette Russel. In Pictures, Patterns and Objects: Rock-Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Northeastern Australia. Pp. 234-263. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2010 ( tDAR id: 366803)

Keywords

Culture
Aboriginal Rock Art

Material
Mineral

Site Name
Rock-Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Northeastern Australia

Site Type
Petroglyph • Pictograph • Rock Art

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Bioarchaeological Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research

General
Aboriginal Activity Zone • Rock Art • Rock Art Documentation

Geographic Keywords
Torres Strait Islands

Spatial Coverage

min long: 142.199; min lat: -10.254 ; max long: 142.359; max lat: -10.088 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Liam Brady

Record Identifiers

isbn(s): 9781921875069