Drones Help Find Three Aboriginal Rock Shelters With Red Hand Stencils
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Researchers from the University of Sydney and Australian Museum, working with the Dharug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation, used drone-based LiDAR technology to identify three previously unregistered Aboriginal rock shelters containing red hand stencils and stone artefacts in the Blue Mountains.
The research is published in Remote Sensing; the discovery forms part of the ongoing Gulamada Project integrating scientific and First Nations knowledge.
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