Bare Hill

Bare Hill is a mountain in the locality of Koah in the Shire of Mareeba in North Queensland, Australia.[1] It is located in the Bare Hill Conservation Park and is noted for its significant Aboriginal rock art.[2][3] Bare Hill rises to 841 metres (2,759 ft) above sea level.[4]

The rock art site at Bare Hill is at least 3500 years old according to scientists at James Cook University. It is part of the traditional lands of the Bulwai people who lived i the open forest area to the west, around Clohesy River, the Davies Creek and Emerald Creek. The rock art depicts the legend of Ganandoran who was badly burned by two woman and he came to the site to die, so the Bulwai women decided to give birth at this rock.[5]

References

1. "Bare Hill – hill in Shire of Mareeba (entry 1606)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. Horsfall, N. 1996 Bare Hill rock art sites, North Queensland, Australia: Co-operation in Indigenous site management. In Proceedings of the ICOMOS-ICAHM Conference on Archaeological Remains: In Situ Preservation held in Montreal, Canada, 11–15 October 1994, pp.339-346. Ottawa: ICAHM Publication
3. "Davies Creek National Park, Dinden National Park, Dinden West Forest Reserve and Bare Hill Conservation Park - About Davies Creek, Dinden and Bare Hill". Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
5. "Preserving Aboriginal Rock Art". Didjshop. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

• Douglas Seaton 1949, Aboriginal rock paintings of North Queensland : Bare Hill area, Cairns hinterland
• Lambert David 1992, Rock Art Conservation Inspection - Bare Hill, North Queensland, Aboriginal Australians