Mastodawn

#ArnhemLand #RockArt raises questions about #Tasmanian #thylacines living on #mainland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/thylacine-rock-art-arnhem-land-tasmanian-tiger-mainland/106528418

Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about mainland Tasmanian tigers

Newly documented rock art in Arnhem Land has raised questions about how long Tasmanian tigers lived on the mainland before they were wiped out.

BellingenNSW 7h ago

Hunting with thylacines

* "They used to tell stories about going hunting with thylacines," Djalama man Joey Nganjmirra.

"Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about Tasmanian tigers living on mainland" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/thylacine-rock-art-arnhem-land-tasmanian-tiger-mainland/106528418

* "The last known thylacine...died in captivity at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo on September 7, 1936, due to neglect and exposure to extreme weather. The species was officially extinct in 1986, following decades of state-sponsored bounty hunting, habitat destruction, and disease that decimated the population" >>
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/extinction-of-thylacine

#thylacines #TasmanianTiger #Indigenouspeoples #djankerrk #RockArt #biodiversity #extinction #settlersociety

Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about mainland Tasmanian tigers

Newly documented rock art in Arnhem Land has raised questions about how long Tasmanian tigers lived on the mainland before they were wiped out.

Peter Riley 8h ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/thylacine-rock-art-arnhem-land-tasmanian-tiger-mainland/106528418

#ArnhemLand #FirstNations #RockArt #Thylacine

Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about mainland Tasmanian tigers

Newly documented rock art in Arnhem Land has raised questions about how long Tasmanian tigers lived on the mainland before they were wiped out.

rogue_corq 3d ago

Plan to build border wall along the Rio Grande in Texas threatens prehistoric rock art, locals warn https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/31/lower-pecos-river-rock-art-threatened-mexico-us-border-wall-construction-texas?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Prehistoricart #Rockart

Anthropology.net 4d ago

New rock art from Arnhem Land adds 16 depictions of thylacines and Tasmanian devils — some possibly under 1,000 years old. What the gap between 160 vs. 25 images tells us about extinction and memory. #Anthropology #Archaeology #RockArt #Thylacine https://www.anthropology.net/p/painted-into-the-dreaming-new-thylacine

Painted Into the Dreaming: New Thylacine and Tasmanian Devil Rock Art From Arnhem Land

Freshly documented paintings at two Northern Territory sites raise questions about when these animals last walked the mainland — and why one mattered so much more than the other.

Anthropology.net

Bertrand Lobjois 4d ago

A 10 años de su partida, el legado de William Breen Murray (1940-2016) sigue vivo, su presencia nos acobija, sus ideas siguen dialogando con nosotros. Hoy recordamos a quien dedicamos este foro de dialogo que es el Coloquio William Breen Murray. Te queremos y te echamos de menos, Breen. #rockart