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__NOTOC__ N'Dhala Gorge Nature Park is a
protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
in the
Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
consisting of an area of low sand dunes, rocky outcrops, about east of
Alice Springs Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...
. It is significant principally because of thousands of
Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...
rock carvings.


Description

N'Dhala Gorge Nature Park is located in the eastern
MacDonnell Ranges The MacDonnell Ranges, or Tjoritja in Arrernte language, Arrernte, is a mountain range located in southern Northern Territory. MacDonnell Ranges is also the name given to an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australia ...
. It contains approximately 6,000 stone carvings, or
petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
, as well as a wide variety of rare Australian plant life. The gorge was used by the Eastern
Arrernte people The Arrernte () people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at ''Mparntwe'' (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia regi ...
, who called the area Ilwentje. It contains men's sacred sites, petroglyphs, shelter or occupation sites and art sites. The 6,000 stone carvings are believed to have been created in two separate periods, the first approximately ten thousand years ago, and the second approximately three thousand years ago. They could be created by using two different techniques: either by pounding a rocky surface with another rock, or by a fine pecking technique. Significant plant life in the area includes the undoolya wattle and the peach-leafed poison bush.northernterritory.com
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Gallery of rock carvings

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See also

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Protected areas of the Northern Territory Protection is any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Althoug ...
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Chambers Pillar Chambers Pillar (Aboriginal name ''Idracowra'' or ''Etikaura'') is a sandstone formation some south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. Formation Erosion by wind and rain has left an isolated pillar of 350-million-year ...
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Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Ghan. Henbury craters are a result of one of the few impact events that have occurred in a populated area (few other e ...
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Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve is a protected area located south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia. The reserve was established in 1990 to protect the unique sandstone formations and the Aboriginal art, artifacts and sacre ...
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Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The park is home to both Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It is located south of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin by road and south-west of Alice Springs al ...
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Watarrka National Park Watarrka National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, which contains the popular Kings Canyon (Watarrka). Location The park is located about south of Darwin and southwest of Alice Springs. History Watarrka Nat ...
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Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve The Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia consisting of an area of low sand dunes, rocky outcrops and a claypan about south of Alice Springs. It is significant becau ...


References


External links


Official webpageWebpage on the Protected Planet website
{{authority control Nature parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 1962 1962 establishments in Australia Australian Aboriginal mythology Australian Aboriginal cultural history Rock art in Australia Arrernte