Queensland contains some of the most historically important Aboriginal rock art galleries in the world, in particular on Quinkan Country near Laura. The sites on this page feature a tiny fraction of the thousands of sites, most of which are signposted or more easily accessible.
For more general information on Queensland rock art styles and regions- and where to go to see Aboriginal rock art in Queensland – have a look at an Overview of Queensland Rock Art.
Once a popular Aboriginal rock art site at Carnarvon Gorge, Baloon Cave was badly damaged by fire in 2018. Some of the stencils are intact, but many have been lost.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 111
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of art: Fire damage, Partially Destroyed
- View site sketch
The spectacular Art Gallery Aboriginal art site in Carnarvon Gorge contains almost 2,000 motifs. They include ochre stencils, freehand paintings and rock engravings.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 1989
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- View site sketch
Cathedral Cave is an immense and spectacular Aboriginal rock art site along the Carnarvon Gorge Main Track. It has over 1,500 motifs including stencils, paintings, engravings and a drawing of a human or spirit figure.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 1669
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good, Graffiti damage
- View site sketch
Cathedral Rock is better known for its weathered and fractured sandstone surface, but also has Aboriginal hand strencils at its base.
- Australia, Central Highlands, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 10
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
A publicly accessible (but not signposted) Aboriginal rock art site in Carnarvon Gorge, Tomahawk Cave is just below Clematis Ridge. It has almost 100 stencils.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 109
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- View site sketch
A signposted Aboriginal rock art site in Blackdown National Park, the Ghungalu Art Site is along the Goon Goon Dhina Trail. It has mostly hand stencils in red ochre.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Blackdown Tableland National Park
- Number of motifs: 20
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
A signposted Aboriginal rock art site in the Mount Morgan section of Carnarvon National Park, the Kookaburra Cave is named after a stencil that resembles a kookaburra.
- Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 40
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
Just past the Marlong Arch in the Mount Morgan section of Carnarvon National Park is a small Aboriginal hand stencil site.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 16
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
An impressive collection of motifs in red, white and black at the Mungana Rock Art site (one of two publicly accessible Aboriginal art sites in the Chillagoe area). The art surrounded by high limestone cliffs.
- Australia, Far North Queensland (FNQ), Queensland
- National Park: Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
- Number of motifs: 40
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
A spectacular Aboriginal rock art site, The Tombs in the Mount Moffat section of Carnarvon National Park has over 400 stencils. The site has the only full adult body stencil known to exist in the world.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 400
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
Ten hand stencils in a small Aboriginal rock art site above the West Branch Camping Area in the Mount Moffat section of Carnarvon National Park.
- Australia, Central Queensland, Queensland
- National Park: Carnarvon National Park
- Number of motifs: 10
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
The Wullumba Rock Art site is one of two publicly accessible Aboriginal art sites in the Chillagoe area. The art is on the base of a high limestone outcrop.
- Australia, Far North Queensland (FNQ), Queensland
- National Park: Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
- Number of motifs: 8
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good