Middens and bush food

Heritage site

What's in a midden?

Over thousands of years as the sea level has been a moving proposition, these middens of cockle shells and other marine life attest to the importance and abundance of shellfish in the diet of the people of Murujuga.

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Murujuga - Nganjarli walk trail

Hip-bone-sticking-out: Welcome to Murujuga

Nganjarli (Deep Gorge) trail is the first public walk to welcome visitors to the people, culture and rock art of the Murujuga National Park, which is proposed as a world heritage site. Opened in 2021...

Address:

Hearson Cove Road
Murujuga National Park (The Burrup)
Dampier WA 6713
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9144 4112

Email:

rsm@murujuga.org.au

Open Hours

7 days

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Stone tools and quarry site

Look more closely

Difficult to see at first, but if you look closely, remnants of stone tool making can be discerned in amongst the rocky rubble of this site. The rangers explain that there were quarry sites in the...

Grinding stone and base

Hidden grinding stones

In a delightful grove, amongst the swaying strands of spinifex grasses, these grinding stones are located close to a freshwater pool. They speak of the ingenuity of tools that Aboriginal women used to...