Proposal Description

The Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program (MRAMP) is overseen by the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) and Western Australia's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER). The purpose of MRAMP is to monitor, evaluate, and report on the changes and trends in the integrity or condition of the aboriginal rock art and its environment on the Murujuga (aka Burrup) Peninsular, near Karratha in the Pilbara, Western Australia. This program involves an interdisciplinary team from Curtin University and other researchers throughout Australia. There is a five-person statistical design and analysis team collaborating with and providing advice to scientists from many disciplines (including air quality, geology, organic chemistry, microbiology). MRAMP is designed to determine whether anthropogenic emissions from heavy industry nearby are changing the integrity or condition of the rock art and whether it is being subjected to accelerated change.