page_title: The Humps
section_title: Mulka's Cave
hierarchical_section_title: The Humps / Mulka's Cave
caption_attribution_description: English: Mulkas cave. Hand prints on the cave wall, Hyden.
context_page_description: The Humps is a granite rock formation known as a "stepped bornhardt inselberg". It is located within The Humps Nature Reserve approximately 295 kilometres east of Perth and 17 kilometres north east of Hyden in the eastern wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
  Rising about 80 metres above the surrounding plains, The Humps is one of numerous rock formations in the area. Approximately 15 kilometres to its south is Hyden Rock whose northern side features the Wave Rock formation. Also in the area are Scrivener Rocks and Camel Peaks roughly 13 kilometres west of The Humps, Anderson Rocks about 19 kilometres north, and King Rocks approximately 18 kilometres east of The Humps.
context_section_description: On the north-eastern edge of The Humps is Mulka's Cave, also known as Bate's Cave. The cave contains over 450 hand prints and images made by Aborigines. Most sites of Aboriginal art in the region contain fewer than 30 motifs. While visitation has damaged the site, mitigation strategies put into place appear to have arrested further damage.  Mulka's Cave is protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act. It is also both a Protected Area and listed on the Register of the National Estate.
caption: Rock art in Mulka's Cave.
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