17,300-year-old Kimberley kangaroo recognised (sic) as Australia's oldest rock artwork

[Claude J Greengrass]

Two-metre-long painting in Western Australia dated by analysing wasp nests and is the oldest work still in its original place. Scientists have confirmed that a painting of a kangaroo in a sandstone rock shelter in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region is about 17,300 years old, making it the oldest known rock art in Australia. --The Guardian

 

[Artyczar]

Wow! And it's amazing too.