Healing Country Together: Rock Art Protection in the Gariwerd Cultural Landscape

Parks Victoria

“Today was five years in the making as we begin healing Rock Art places in Gariwerd after inappropriate and no consent access by climbers over a period of decades. With the help of climbers, today we took that step together toward looking after Country. The proper way,” John Clarke, General Manager of Bio-cultural Landscapes, Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.

Traditional Owners and Parks Victoria worked with rock-climbers and rope access technicians to remove more than 50 bolts and climbing chalk in one of Gariwerd’s Rock Art shelters and nearby quarry as part of a conservation and rehabilitation project.

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