Mt Grenfell

Mutawintji National Park is dominated by the dramatic, rugged red Byngnano Range, Mutawintji National Park is known for its beautiful river red gum lined gorges. Dotted thoughout the park, overhangs and rock faces contain an array of Aboriginal rock art, providing evidence of continous occupation for at least 8000 years.

Mutawintji National Park and Historic Site is 878 km west of Sydney and about 130 km north-east of Broken Hill.

The large and well-equipped campground at Homestead Creek is suitable not only for tents, but also caravans, camper trailers and motor homes, and there is easy access to the park's visitor centre and walking tracks. It makes a great place to rest for a while if you are on a touring holiday and a great base to explore the park. The campground is near Mutawintji Historic Site which contains superb Aboriginal rock engravings and ochre stencils, and an interpretation of Mutawintji's Aboriginal mythology. Access to Mutawintji Historic Site is available only on a guided tour. Homestead Creek campground is a few kilometres from the park entry. Upon entering the park, you'll pass the visitor centre, take the left and you'll see the campground on your right - you might like to stop in at the visitor centre for a map.

Guided tours give you a fantastic insight into the unexpected delights of national parks. Developed and led by specialist Discovery rangers, these fun activities will teach you more about the environment which surrounds you, and about the history that created it.



A group would use this method if camping in an area for a lengthy period, so that fresh meat was readily available without having to hunt every day. Bird tracks, hand stencils, other animals, grids and lattices are also depicted. Some of the more notable motifs include a woman with very long fingers and toes, a painted human hand with solid discs, and a man in a tree watching a line of six emus.

The Aboriginal people of Mt. Grenfell who created this art were from the Ngiyampaa / Wangaapuware speaking tribe. Between 1850 and 1860, European settlers moved into the area. During this time, government policy prohibited tribal gatherings, forcing the Aboriginal families to disperse. Descendants of the tribe are now scattered, although a few still live in Cobar.

The Mt. Grenfell Historic Site is located 40 km west of Cobar on the Barrier Highway and then 32 km north on an unsealed road. All photographs on this page illustrate the rock art at Mt. Grenfell.

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