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Jarrad Daniel Kowlessar, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University

Remarkable new tech has revealed the ancient landscape of Arnhem Land that greeted Australia’s First Peoples

The view from the Arnhem Land escarpment over the floodplains that contain a hidden landscape. Ian Moffat, Author provided

Many visitors to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory are struck by the magnificent cliffs, stunning bird life and extraordinary rock art. Some may know this landscape includes the earliest evidence of human occupation in what is now Australia, at Madjedbebe, where signs of habitation have been dated to 65,000 years ago.

Most people, however, ignore the expansive floodplains surrounding these sites, especially when they are covered by water during the wet season.

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