Archaeologists link 'fighting' boats in Arnhem Land rock art with pre-colonial trade to Australia's north

abc.net.au/news/nt-moluccan-boat-arnhem-land-rock-art/102400042Archaeologists believe they have solved the decades-long mystery surrounding two boats depicted in north-western Arnhem Land rock art.Flinders University researchers believe the cave drawings depict ships from the Maluku Islands

At Awunbarna, also known as Mount Borradaile, the rock shelters are decorated with paintings of European ships, guns, fish, prawns and macropods. The authors say the work deepens Australia's understanding of how its first people interacted with foreign visitors. Researchers believe these drawings of two cave paintings in Arnhem Land, depict vessels from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.Archaeologists have previously identified paintings of fishing boats from Macassar, Indonesia that came to trade, and later, the ships of European colonists.

He said the level of detail in the paintings suggests the Indigenous artists who painted the Moluccan ships spent time up close with the boats.

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