A spirit person depicted in rock paintings of northern Queensland.
the Quinkan has two parts to his being: one good, one bad
as modifierQuinkan art is outstanding in variety, quantity, and quality
Example sentencesExamples
Apart from Split Rock Site, visitors can only visit the Quinkan rock art with a guide.
From the spooky appearance of Quinkan and his ghostly mate Gadja, guests move outdoors, down to a lakeside, where they become involved in a fire-making performance in a non-intimidating way.
A saucer-eyed Quinkan spirit man, with extended arms and body shimmering in tiny coloured lights, snatches the attention of the mix of tourist visitors.
Opening up parts of Queensland's Cape York to mining could devastate the famous Quinkan rock art.
The Quinkan rock art is found within 230,000 hectares of sandstone and depicts images from the Dreamtime.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Kuku-Yalanji (an Aboriginal language) guwin-gan 'ghost, spirit'.