Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park in the context of Ochre Pits


Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park in the context of Ochre Pits

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👉 Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park in the context of Ochre Pits

The Ochre Pits are a popular tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, approximately 110 kilometres west of Alice Springs along the Larapinta Trail. They sit within the Tjoritja / West MacDonnell National Park, on the lands of the Arrernte people.

These pits are a significant Aboriginal heritage site, and the only quarry for ochre in the Central Australian region that is open to visitors and where the mining and collection of ochre by the traditional owners still occurs. The right to continue to take ochre from this site is protected by the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.

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