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Indigenous history
It is important to recognise the linkage between this European development and the traditional owners. The Canning Stock Route traverses the land that was, and remains, home to Indigenous communities.
As well as providing a transport link for stock, the route was also an important corridor for Indigenous people of the area. Many of the wells Canning developed were either adjacent to Native wells or were found by local tribespeople.
There are numerous areas on and adjacent to the stock route where there is a rich presence of rock art. The preservation of this art in both a physical and cultural sense will be an important and major outcome of any future management plan.
