*** Walga Rock / WA ***

*** Walga Rock / WA ***

Der Walga Rock in der Nähe von Cue/ WA ist der zweitgroeßte Monolith in Australien. Die Rockpaintings die man hier findet enthalten eine Mysterie , unter anderem ein 3 Mastschiff wahrscheinlich holländischen Bauweise. Wie kommt nun die Zeichnung so viele 100 derte KM entfernt von der Küste ins Inland .
Werde mich morgen damit befassen. A painting of what appeared at first glance to be a sailing ship appears superimposed over some of the earlier works and underneath there are lines of writing that while resembling a Cyrillic or Arabic script have not been identified. While the Indigenous gallery is in itself remarkable, there has been a great deal of speculation about the painting, especially considering it is located 325 kilometres from the coast. It has been argued that it was drawn by survivors of the heavily armed three-masted Dutch East India (VOC) ships Batavia or Zuytdorp; or that it represents a 'contact painting'[4] by indigenous Australians who saw a ship on the coast and then moved inland.

Proponents of the three-masted armed sailing ship theory considered that the middle (or main) mast of the three shown in the Walga Rock/ Walgahna Rock image had broken and fallen overboard. Though none of the underwater detail (e.g. the rudder) is evident, ratlines (to enable the crew to scale the rigging), and some stays (holding the masts vertical) are depicted. The hull appears pierced for at least 14 cannon with seven gunports evident along one side.[citation needed]